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American film producer
Tommy Oliver is an American film producer, director, writer, cinematographer, photographer, financier, entrepreneur, and CEO and Founder of Confluential Films,
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[3] He directed, produced, shot, and edited AFI Film Festival audience award winner
Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss (2021),
40 Years a Prisoner, and
1982,
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[5] and produced four
Sundance Film Festival 2023 films
[6] including Young. Wild. Free.,
Fancy Dance, To Live and Die and Live (EP), and the Grand Jury Prize winner,
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project. He also produced
The Perfect Find (2023),
The Perfect Guy (2015) and Sundance Film Festival and AFI Film Festival audience award winner
Kinyarwanda,
[7] and co-created and Executive Produced the documentary series
Black Love.
Oliver is also known for his photography including his 70+ photos in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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Oliver is from
Philadelphia, a
Carnegie Mellon University alum, and Founder and chairman of the media company Black Love, Inc.
[10] which he founded with his wife,
Codie Elaine Oliver.
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[15] He is on the Board of the Philadelphia Film Society.
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Select filmography
References
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"Tommy Oliver's Confluential Films Adds Charlotte Koh as President & Prince Baggett as Head of Film". 25 August 2021.
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^ 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.
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^ Tangcay, Jazz (11 June 2020).
"How Filmmaker Tommy Oliver Captured Hollywood's Massive Black Lives Matters Protest".
Variety. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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^ 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.
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^ Macaulay, Scott (12 September 2013).
"Five Questions for 1982 Director Tommy Oliver".
Filmmaker. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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"Tommy Oliver & His Confluential Films Banner Sign With CAA Ahead Of Busy Sundance".
Deadline Hollywood. 2023-01-18.
Archived from the original on 2023-03-07.
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"Award-Winning Sundance Film "Kinyarwanda" Will Receive a Theatrical Release Through AFFRM".
IndieWire. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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^ Variety (16 June 2020).
"How filmmaker Tommy Oliver captured Hollywood's massive Black Lives Matters protest".
NBC News. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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"NMAAHC Collections Search". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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"Codie Elaine Oliver, Co-Creator and Director of Black Love, Shares Why Ownership Must be the Goal for Creatives".
Forbes.
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^ Roberson, Saybin (23 August 2019).
"Executive Producers Codie and Tommy Oliver Talk 'Black Love'".
Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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^ Gray, Ellen (29 August 2017).
"Philly filmmaker explores 'Black Love' on both sides of camera".
The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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"Tommy Oliver".
Variety. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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"2018 Alumni Achievement Award Spotlight: Tommy Oliver". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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^ 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.
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"30th Philadelphia Film Festival". Philadelphia Film Society. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
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