Matt Olien

From Fargo Filmmaking

Matt Olien (b. Sept. 30, 1964) is a producer, on-air host/interviewer and documentary filmmaker at Prairie Public Television.

Olien is also the regular co-chair of the Fargo Film Festival, teaches film production coursework at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and teaches at the Fargo Theatre Summer Film Institute. Olien frequently contributes movie reviews to Prairie Public Radio 91.9 FM, and is an expert on the history of the Academy Awards as well as the films of directors Alfred Hitchcock and David Lean and actor Marlon Brando.

Olien was a news reporter (1989-1998) at KXJB Television in Fargo, and served on the Fargo Theatre Board of Directors from 2002 through 2008. He has served on the Fargo Film Festival Committee since its inception in 2001, and has served as it's Co-Chair from 2005 through 2009. Matt is married to Desira Olien, and they have one son, Nicholas, born June 1, 2001, and one daughter, Chloe, born May 28, 2008.

Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 As Director 1.2 As Actor 1.3 As Producer 2 Affiliations 3 External Links

[edit] Filmography

[edit] As Director

• Golfing Gems: The Best Small Town Golf Courses (2010)...In Production
• The CanAliens Part II: Possession of the Wolf (2009)
• Our State Fair: The North Dakota Experience (2008)
• Dr. McTavish, or How Those Wacky Canadians Invaded Fargo One Summer (2008)
• Stewards of the Land (2007)
• Date with an Alien (2006)
• Adding Value (2006)
• Energy: Building North Dakota's Economy (2005)
• Building Our Future (2004)
• Dakota Mysteries and Oddities (2003)
• Altered Lives: Stories from the Medina Tragedy (2003)
• Life Support: The Economics and Politics of Rural Health Care (2002)
• One Shining Moment: The History of the North Dakota State "B" (2001)

[edit] As Actor

• The 2009 Fargo Film Festival Preview Show (2009).... Himself
• The 2008 Fargo Film Festival Preview Show (2008).....Himself
• The 2007 Fargo Film Festival Preview Show (2007).... Himself
• The 2006 Fargo Film Festival Preview Show (2006).... Himself
• The 2005 Fargo Film Festival Preview Show (2005).... Himself
• Food Fight Club (2000)

[edit] As Producer

• The Dr. Acula Show (2007)
• One Shining Moment: The History of the North Dakota State "B" (2001)

[edit] Affiliations

• Prairie Public Television
• Fargo Film Festival
• Minnesota State University Moorhead

[edit] External Links

• Matt Olien at the Internet Movie Database