Jenni Olson

Biography

Jenni Olson (born October 6, 1962) is an American film curator, filmmaker, author, and LGBT film historian. She was born and raised in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. She co-founded the pioneering LGBT website PlanetOut, and campaigned to have a barrier erected on the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent suicides. Olson was educated at the University of Minnesota. In 1986, while still a student, Olson co-founded the Minneapolis/St.Paul Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Transgender Film Festival, initially under the name Lavender Images. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Directed

1. The Joy of Life (2005) — Director
2. The Royal Road (2015) — Director
3. Blue Diary (1998) — Director
4. Homo Promo (1993) — Director
5. 30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019) — Director
6. 575 Castro St. (2009) — Director
7. Trailer Camp (1995) — Director
8. In Nomine Patris (2019) — Director
9. Matzo Maidels (2003) — Director
10. Trailers Schmailers (2002) — Director
11. Afro Promo (1997) — Director
12. Levi's 501s Commercial (1991) — Director
13. Meep Meep! (2001) — Director
14. Sometimes (1994) — Director
15. Blow-Up (1997) — Director
16. Homo Promo — Director
17. Neo Homo Promo (1994) — Director
18. Bride of Trailer Camp (2001) — Director
19. Jodie Promo (1995) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema (2006) — Self
2. Vito (2011) — Self
3. The Royal Road (2015) — (voice)
4. Official Rejection (2009) — Self
5. Jodie: An Icon (1996) — Self
6. In Nomine Patris (2019) — Narrator (voice)
7. Dykes, Camera, Action! (2018) — Self
8. Meep Meep! (2001) — Narrator
9. Sometimes (1994) — Voice-over
10. Levi's 501s Commercial (1991) — Self / Narrator (voice)