Olivia Newman
Directing
Biography
Olivia Newman is an American film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing First Match (2018) and Where the Crawdads Sing (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Newman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
Chicago Fire
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
FBI
Through unlikely bonds formed during night shifts at a local aquarium, Tova, an elderly widow, learns of a life-changing discovery that may bring her joy and wonder once again.
Remarkably Bright Creatures
A woman must forge a relationship with her teenage stepdaughter in order to find her husband, who has mysteriously disappeared.
The Last Thing He Told Me
Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
First Match
In the course of one afternoon, a developmentally-challenged young woman learns some painful lessons about life.
Blue-Eyed Mary
Petite Feet uses engaging and imaginative exercises, games and stories to introduce children to basic ballet positions and vocabulary, as well as general dance and musical concepts. Focusing on the creative potential of dance and its storytelling possibilities, Petite Feet encourages children between the ages of 2-5 to learn fundamental and age-appropriate ballet steps, to build confidence and coordination, and, of course, to have fun!
Petite Feet: Ballet Adventures with Liz
No amount of practice on the mat can prepare Mo for the challenge she faces at her first high school wrestling match.
First Match
The story follows a shell-shocked veteran suffering from amnesia with no memory of who he was before the war, and Julienne Coppens, a woman who arrives claiming him as her husband, a photographer named Amand, lost to her for years.