Tommy Oliver (producer)

Tommy Oliver is an American film producer, director, writer, cinematographer, photographer, and entrepreneur.[1][2] He produced the The Perfect Guy (2015) and Sundance Film Festival winner Kinyarwanda,[3] co-created the documentary series Black Love, and directed and produced the films Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss (2021), 40 Years a Prisoner, and 1982.[4][5] He is also known for his photography including his BLM protests photos in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.[6][7]

Oliver is from Philadelphia, a Carnegie Mellon University alum, Founder and CEO of the production company, Confluential Films,[8] and Founder and Chairman of the media company, Black Love, Inc.[9], which he founded with his wife, Codie Elaine Oliver.[10][11][12][13][14] He is on the Board of the Philadelphia Film Society.[15]

Select filmography
  • Kinyarwanda (2011; producer)
  • 1982 (2013; writer, director, producer, and editor)
  • The Perfect Guy (2015; producer)
  • Halfway (2016; executive producer)
  • Destined (2016; producer)
  • Black Love (2017–present; creator and executive producer)
  • 40 Years a Prisoner (2020; director, producer, cinematographer, and editor)
  • Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss (2021; director, producer, cinematographer, and editor)

References
  1. Sippell, Margeaux (5 June 2019). "'Black Love' Producer on Diversity: 'You Can Talk About Those Things, or You Can Get the Hell Up'". TheWrap. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. Tangcay, Jazz (11 June 2020). "How Filmmaker Tommy Oliver Captured Hollywood's Massive Black Lives Matters Protest". Variety. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. "Award-Winning Sundance Film "Kinyarwanda" Will Receive a Theatrical Release Through AFFRM". IndieWire. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. Gonzalez, Umberto (16 November 2020). "Mike Africa Jr Seeks to Free His Parents in '40 Years a Prisoner' Trailer (Exclusive Video)". TheWrap. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. Macaulay, Scott (12 September 2013). "Five Questions for 1982 Director Tommy Oliver". Filmmaker. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. Variety (16 June 2020). "How filmmaker Tommy Oliver captured Hollywood's massive Black Lives Matters protest". NBC News. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. "NMAAHC Collections Search". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  8. https://deadline.com/2021/08/confluential-films-adds-charlotte-koh-president-prince-baggett-head-of-film-1234821424/
  9. https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauleannareid/2020/09/03/codie-oliver-co-creator-and-director-of-black-love-shares-why-ownership-must-be-the-goal-for-creatives/?sh=46e7ff787bad
  10. Roberson, Saybin (23 August 2019). "Executive Producers Codie and Tommy Oliver Talk 'Black Love'". Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  11. Gray, Ellen (29 August 2017). "Philly filmmaker explores 'Black Love' on both sides of camera". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  12. "Tommy Oliver". Variety. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. "2018 Alumni Achievement Award Spotlight: Tommy Oliver". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  14. Eichel, Molly (11 September 2015). "Philly's Tommy Oliver says 'The Perfect Guy' is not just a black movie". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  15. "30th Philadelphia Film Festival". Philadelphia Film Society. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
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