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Olivia Newman is an American film director and screenwriter.[1][2] She is best known for directing First Match (2018) and the 2022 feature adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing.[3]

Olivia Newman
Nationality	American
Education	Vassar College (BA) Columbia University (MFA)
Occupation	Film director, Writer and Producer
Years active	2010–present

Life and career

Newman was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. She holds a B.A. in French and women’s studies from Vassar College and an MFA in film from Columbia University.[4][5] Her first short film, Blue-Eyed Mary was shown at the Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival in 2010.[6]

Olivia´s debut feature film First Match starring Elvire Emanuelle, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Colman Domingo and Jharrel Jerome premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. First Match was released by Netflix in 2018.[7] She directed the 2022 box office hit drama film Where The Crawdads Sing, a Hello Sunshine and 3000 Pictures adaptation of the Delia Owens novel with the same name.[8][9]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
2009	Blue-Eyed Mary	Yes	No	No
2010	First Match	Yes	Yes	No
	Storm Up the Sky	No	No	Yes
2011	The Runner	No	No	Yes
2012	Lucky Duck	No	No	Yes

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer
2018	First Match	Yes	Yes
2022	Where the Crawdads Sing	Yes	No

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2019	Chicago Fire	Episodes "What Will Define You", "Move a Wall", "Badlands" and "Mercy"
2020	FBI	Episode "Broken Promises"
TBA	The Last Thing He Told Me	Miniseries

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	New Jersey Film Festival	Grand Prize	Won	[10]
	Aspen Shortsfest	Jury Award	Won	[11]
2018	SXSW Film Festival	SXSW Gamechanger Award	Won	[12]
		Audience Award	Won	[13]

References

External links

• Olivia Newman at IMDb
• Official website

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