Hello!
I am an Australian director, screenwriter, and producer from Bondi Beach.
My short film work has screened and won awards at SXSW Sydney, Adelaide Film Festival, Flickerfest, Gold Coast Film Festival, Hawai’i International Film Festival, Arizona International Film Festival, ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto, Emerge Film Festival of Maine, and Richard Harris International Film Festival. My feature screenplay PILL MILL, a thriller about the opioid pharmaceutical industry, appeared in the trending top ten on the Black List in 2020.
I have worked in the film industry in both Australia and Canada, and currently work at Jungle Entertainment in Sydney as well as teaching and mentoring at Australia’s national film school, the Australian Film Television and Radio School.
When I’m not watching movies you can find me surfing at Bondi.
Press
Newcastle Herald (Australia):
Newcastle filmmaker takes Jonathan Moylan's case to the little big screen
Lewiston Sun Journal (Maine, USA):
Emerge Festival kicks off in ‘absolutely perfect’ setting
Education
2020-21 Master of Arts: Screen
Australian Film Television and Radio School
2022 Industry Short Course: Working with Actors
Australian Film Television and Radio School
2021 Industry Short Course: Directing Intensive
Australian Film Television and Radio School
2011-2013 Bachelor of Laws / Diploma of Legal Practice
University of Newcastle
2007-2010 Bachelor of Arts (Hons): Creative Writing and Film Studies
University of Newcastle
Contact
0401 535 061
olsen.charles@gmail.com
charles.olsen@student.aftrs.edu.au
www.instagram.com/olsencharles