Anup-and-comingfilmmakingtalentandmemberoftheDirectorsGuildofAmerica,WilliamOlssonwasbornandraisedinGöteborg,Sweden.AfterobtaininghisBAinComparativeLiteratureandPsychologyfromStockholmUniversity,Williamworkedasanassistantatvariousdisciplineswithinthelocalfilmindustry.HavingexperiencedworkingonRoyAndersson’s"SongsfromtheSecondFloor",Williamdecidedtotryhiswingsasdirectorandstartedmakinghisownfilms.Withhisundergraduatestudiesbehindhim,WilliamtraveledtheWorld.HelivedandworkedatahostelinBerlinwheretheideafor"TheTraveler"originated.Amicro-budgetedblendofnarrativeanddocumentary,"TheTraveler"presentsagritty,candid,refreshingandauthenticallyoriginalportrayalofthedifficultiesanddreamspropellingthebackpackergeneration.Acriticalandfanfavorite,thefilmwentontowinnumerousawardsatfilmfestivals.WilliamwasthenacceptedintotheMFAgraduatefilmproductionprogramattheUSCSchoolofCinematicArtsinLosAngeles.Histhesisfilm,"ROSA",withitstouchingdepictionofayoungLatinasearchingforherlostfather,earnednumerousawardsandanominationforbesttheatricalshortatthe2006ImagenAwardspopularlyknownasthe"LatinOscars."Armedwithadedicatedpassionforpoeticrealism,Williamsetouttomakehisfeaturefilmdebut."AnAmericanAffair",starringGretchenMol,CameronBrightandNoahWyle,openedinNewYork,WashingtonDCandLosAngelesinthespringof2009.TheWashingtonPostdescribesitstakeon"theflightfromchildhood,thesurrendertoadulthoodandthepiecesofusthatsurvive"as"fresh,earthyandopen."Williamcontinuestosearchforanddevelopevocativeandengagingmaterial.HeiscurrentlyindevelopmentforaSwedishFeatureFilm.After8yearsinLosAngels,hehasjustrelocatedtoGöteborgwithhiswifeandtwodaughters.

性别: 男

星座: 金牛座

出生日期: 1977年05月01日

职业: 导演 / 制片人 / 编剧 / 剪辑

更多外文名: William Sten Olsson (本名)

更多中文名: 威廉·奥尔松

imdb编号: nm1802274

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