Producer, screenwriter and director. Born 11/4 1956, Denmark. Educated as screenwriter from The National Film School of Denmark in 1987 with the short film 'Missionen' and was a feature film consultant at The Danish Film Institute from 1997 to 1999. During the years Olsen has both produced, directed and written a number of shorts, documentaries and features as well as television series.
Among other Olsen has written scripts for Per Fly's 'Prop & Berta' (2001) and Gert Fredsholm's 'The Judge' (2005) and 'Oneway-ticket to Korsør' (2008). He has also produced features like Morten Giese's 'Love & Rage' (2009), which won a number of international prizes, as well as the two Danish children's movies 'Iqbal Farooq & The Secret Recipe' (2015) and 'Iqbal & The Indian Jewel' (2018).
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