Screenwriter who entered American film as a production assistant and art department coordinator for 1987's THE UNDERACHIEVERS and RAY'S MALE HETEROSEXUAL DANCE HALL. His feature writing credits include A MOMENT OF SILENCE (2000), PUPPY LOVE (also director) and INSTINCT TO KILL (both 2001), INFESTED (2002, also director), A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (2005), UNTIL GWEN (announced for 2008, also producer & director), and MONSTER (announced for 2009). Olson also collaborated with Harlan Ellison in adapting Ellison's short story "The Discarded" for an episode of 2007 ABC-TV series "Masters of Science Fiction".  Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Adapted Screenplay) 2005: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE 1 nomination