Tommy Oliver is an American film producer, director, writer, cinematographer, photographer, financier, and entrepreneur. He directed, produced, shot, and edited AFI Film Festival audience award winner'' Juice Wrld: Into The Abyss'' (2021), '' 40 Years a Prisoner,'' and ''

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'', and recently produced four

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

2023 films 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 Guy'' (2015) and Sundance Film Festival and AFI Film Festival audience award winner ''

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'', and co-created and Executive Produced the documentary series ''

Black Love Black is a color which results from the absence or complete Absorption (electromagnetic radiation), absorption of visible spectrum, visible light. It is an achromatic color, without hue, like white and grey. It is often used symbolically or fi ...

.'' Oliver is also known for his photography including his 70+ photos in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Oliver is from

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

, a

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

alum, Founder and CEO of the production company Confluential Films, and Founder and Chairman of the media company Black Love, Inc. which he founded with his wife, Codie Elaine Oliver. He is on the Board of the Philadelphia Film Society.

Select filmography

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'' (2011; producer) *''

'' (2013; writer, director, producer, and editor) *'' The Perfect Guy'' (2015; producer) *'' Halfway'' (2016; executive producer) *'' Destined'' (2016; producer) *''

'' (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) *Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (2023; producer) *

Fancy Dance Fancy dance, Pan-Indian dancing, Fancy Feather or Fancy War Dance is a style of dance some believe was originally created by members of the Ponca tribe in the 1920s and 1930s, in an attempt to preserve their culture and religion. It is loosely bas ...

(2023; producer) *To Live and Die and Live (2023; Executive Producer) *Young. Wild. Free. (2023; producer) *

The Perfect Find ''The Perfect Find'' is an upcoming American romantic comedy film based on the book of the same name by Tia Williams. The film adaptation was written by Leigh Davenport and directed by Numa Perrier. It stars Gina Torres, Keith Powers, and Gabr ...

(2023; producer)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Tommy Living people American film producers Film producers from Pennsylvania People from Philadelphia Year of birth missing (living people)