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Jenni Olson

Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn October 6, 1962 (63 years)
Jenni Olson (born October 6, 1962) is an American film curator, filmmaker, author, and LGBT film historian. She was born and raised in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. She co-founded the pioneering LGBT website PlanetOut, and campaigned to have a barrier erected on the Golden Gate Bridge to prevent suicides.

Olson was educated at the University of Minnesota. In 1986, while still a student, Olson co-founded the Minneapolis/St.Paul Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Transgender Film Festival, initially under the name Lavender Images.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Test
  • The Freedom to Marry

Known For

  • Equal
  • The Royal Road
  • Casa Susanna
  • 575 Castro St.
  • No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics
  • A Worm in the Heart
  • The Freedom to Marry
  • Sally!

Jenni Olson Filmography

2015
The Royal Road · as (voice)
2000
1984
Purple Rain · as Extra

2026
Barbara Forever · as Consulting Producer
2023
Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later · as Consulting Producer
2022
Wonderfully Made - LGBTQ+R(eligion) · as Consulting Producer
2021
2020
Disclosure · as Consulting Producer
2020
A Worm in the Heart · as Consulting Producer
2016
AWOL · as Consulting Producer
2016
2015
2013
Test · as Executive Producer
2009
2001
By Hook or by Crook · as Consulting Producer
1999
Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer

2022
2018
2011
Vito · as Self
2009
2006

2024
Sally! · as Archival Producer
2022
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror (TV Series) · as Archival Producer
2022
Casa Susanna · as Archival Producer
2020
Equal (TV Series) · as Archival Producer
2020
Equal (TV Series) · as Story Consultant

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