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JONO OLIVER

Title: Filmmaker, Educator

Fee Range: Contact Dee-Dee Bass Wilbon / 1.888.609.1131

Travels From: New York, NY

A seasoned DGA Assistant Director, Jono Oliver’s credits include Blue Bloods, Law & Order, The Great Debaters, One True Thing, Snake Eyes, Soul Food and Guess Who.

A DGA assistant director for many years, Jono Oliver has had a career in film and television production that has included more than 40 projects, including the films The Great Debaters, Notorious, Guess Who, Barbershop 2, John Tucker Must Die, Snake Eyes, Last Action Hero, and Soul Food.  In television, he has worked on a variety of shows, including Blue Bloods, Life on Mars, Law & Order, and Cold Case.

1999 – Wrote, produced & directed The Window  an official selection in the 2000 Sundance Film Festival

2001 – Participated in the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriter’s Labs & Director’s Lab with his feature-length screenplay The Other Ones

2004 – His original screenplay Simple Things, won a place in the Tribeca Film Festival All Access program

2007 – 2008 Jono directed Second Unit for the network television shows Six Degrees (ABC), New Amsterdam (FOX) and Cashmere Mafia (ABC)

His latest project Home is scheduled to begin production in the Spring of 2012

 

Jono, a Brooklyn native received a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University.