Hannah Olson
{{short description|American documentary director and producer}}
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| name = Hannah Olson
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| birth_place = Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.
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| occupation = Director, producer
| years_active = 2015 – present
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Hannah Olson is an American documentary film director and producer.{{Cite web|url=https://womenandhollywood.com/hannah-olson-discusses-family-history-consent-and-her-directorial-debut-baby-god/|title=Hannah Olson Discusses Family, History, Consent, and Her Directorial Debut "Baby God"|website=womenandhollywood.com|access-date=2021-04-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2020/12/02/hannah-olson-baby-god-interview/|title='Baby God' Director Hannah Olson on Her Film's True Crime That Was Never Supposed to Be Discovered|website=awardsdaily.com|date=2 December 2020 |access-date=2021-04-02}} She is best known for her work on the HBO documentaries, Baby God, The Last Cruise, and Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/movies/baby-god-review.html|title='Baby God' Review: Sins of the Father|work=The New York Times |date=2 December 2020 |access-date=2021-04-02 |last1=Nicholson |first1=Amy }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/williamhaseltine/2021/04/06/hbo-doc-the-last-cruise-gives-insight-into-nightmarish-covid-19-outbreak/?sh=4ea82d6e9a02|title=HBO Doc 'The Last Cruise' Gives Insight Into Nightmarish Covid-19 Outbreak|website=forbes.com|access-date=2021-04-02}}
Life and career
Olson was born in Minnetonka, Minnesota. She graduated from Hopkins High School and Brown University.{{Cite web|url=https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-filmmaker-exposes-sinister-fertility-doctor-in-a-new-hbo-documentary/573211551/|title=Minnesota filmmaker exposes sinister fertility doctor in a new HBO documentary|website=startribune.com|access-date=2021-04-02}} In 2020, she made her directing debut with the documentary film, Baby God, about the investigation of Dr. Quincy Fortier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leadertelegram.com/minn-filmmaker-investigates-fertility-doctor/article_20db2149-3d91-542f-9584-a92ca1d0f08b.html|title=Minn. filmmaker investigates fertility doctor|website=leadertelegram.com|date=30 November 2020 |access-date=2021-04-02}} It premiered at South by Southwest and the Nantucket Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://nantucketfilmfestival.org/nffnow-at-home/features-program|title=features program|website=nantucketfilmfestival.org|access-date=2021-04-02|archive-date=2021-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712000117/https://nantucketfilmfestival.org/nffnow-at-home/features-program|url-status=dead}}
Olson's second documentary film, The Last Cruise, was about the COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess.{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2021/03/30/the-last-cruise-review-hbo-diamond-princess-covid-outbreak/|title=HBO's "Last Cruise" doc of that fateful quarantined cruise ship is a harrowing metaphor for inequity|website=salon.com|date=30 March 2021 |access-date=2021-04-02}} It premiered at South by Southwest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/sxsw-film-festival-2021-all-of-the-movies-about-covid.html|title=Here Are All the Movies About COVID at SXSW This Year|website=vulture.com|date=10 February 2021 |access-date=2021-04-02}}
In 2023, Olson directed the documentary series Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God revolving around Love Has Won, and its leader Amy Carlson for HBO.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/hbo-love-has-won-docuseries-hannah-olson-amy-carlson-mother-god-1234773934/|title=HBO Greenlights ‘Love Has Won’ Docuseries Directed By ‘Baby God’ Helmer Hannah Olson|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=June 11, 2021|access-date=November 8, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/hbo-original-documentary-series-love-has-won-cult-mother-god-debuts-november-13|title=HBO Original Documentary Series LOVE HAS WON: THE CULT OF MOTHER GOD Debuts November 13|website=Warner Bros. Discovery|date=November 8, 2023|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
!Title ! Contribution ! Note |
|---|
| 2015
| Lidia Celebrates America | Producer | 1 Episode |
| 2016-2019
| Producer and director | 24 Episodes |
| 2018
| Producer | 1 Episode |
| 2018
| Co-producer | Documentary |
| 2020
| Story concept | Documentary |
| 2020
| Baby God | Director and producer | Documentary |
| 2021
| Director and producer | Documentary short |
| 2023
| Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God | Director and executive producer | Documentary series |
Awards and nominations
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| Year
!Result !Award !Category !Work !Ref. |
|---|
| rowspan="2"|2021
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Best Documentary Short |rowspan="4"|The Last Cruise |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Critics' Choice Documentary Awards |Best Short Documentary |{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/ascension-summer-of-soul-the-rescue-becoming-cousteau-critics-choice-documentary-awards-nominations-1234857408/|title='Ascension', 'Summer Of Soul', Nat Geo's 'The Rescue' And 'Becoming Cousteau' Lead Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=18 October 2021 |access-date=2022-11-11}} |
| rowspan="2"|2022
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Outstanding Achievement in Shorts List Films |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|News and Documentary Emmy Awards |Outstanding Short Documentary |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2126074|Hannah Olson}}
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Category:American documentary film directors