His experience as a feature cinematographer enables him to create the look of a film and fully realize his vision. Some of his cinematography credits include Penitentiary (1 and 3), Broken Bridges, and The Haircut (starring John Cassavetes).
His expertise in the digital technology of cinema complements his work as a filmmaker. Based on his extensive knowledge of camera filters, he developed the first digital cinematography filtration, Crystal Image software, and created and managed the Software Division of the world-renowned Tiffen Filter Company.
Ollstein is also a mountaineer and has climbed peaks from California’s Sierras to the Alps. He climbed the Matterhorn by Whymper’s route as first hand research for EXPOSURE.[/x_text][/x_column][/x_row][/x_section][x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]DIRECTOR-WRITER[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]
Exposure
Feature set in Switzerland, currently
in Pre-Production[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Dangerous Love
Feature starring Elliott Gould – romantic thriller[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Bobby
Cannes Official Selection ‘Un Certain Regard’, ASC Award[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Michael
DGA Award, Deauville Festival, Cannes Marche[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Abraham
Cannes ‘Semaine de la Critique’ Selection[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Healing Through Dance
American Cancer Society[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Other
And other television, music video and commercial work[/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 85px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]CINEMATOGRAPHER[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]
Penitentiary
Feature starring Leon-Isaac Kennedy[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Broken Bridges
Feature, Russian-American co-Production[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Penitentiary 3
Feature starring Anthony Geary[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
The Haircut
Starring John Cassavetes[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
The Dolphin Song
Olivia Newton-John[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
CAS and ICAS
ASC-PGA Camera Assessments at Universal and WB[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Other
Features, television, music video & commercial work[/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 85px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]AWARDS[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]
Michael
Directors’ Guild of America Foundation Award[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Bobby
American Society of Cinematographers Award[/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 85px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]REEL[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]
5 Minute Reel
A montage of feature, television and commercial work (Complete, high-resolution films available on request)[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 85px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]WRITING[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]
Writers Guild of America Member
Feature screenplays –
Hands, The Cruise, Nailed…
[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
ASC Cinematographer’s Manual
Four Chapters[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Visual Effects Society Manual
Digital Cinematography Chapter[/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 85px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]TEACHING[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]
Professional Workshops for SONY, Kodak, Camerimage, DOP Budapest
[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]Seminars for National Cinematographer Associations
BSC (England), AFC (France),
HSC (Hungary), AAC (Austria)
and ASC (USA)[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Film Schools
USC, UCLA, Chapman, Academy of Art, Berlin, Paris[/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 85px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]MOUNTAINEERING[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]
Matterhorn, Switzerland
[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]Palisades Traverse (five 14,000’ peaks), California
[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]Mt. Whitney, California
[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]Technical Rock-climbing
Joshua Tree, Sierras, Alps[/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 85px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]EDUCATION[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]
UCLA Film School
Master of Fine Arts, Film Directing[/x_block_grid_item][x_block_grid_item]
Stanford University
Bachelor of Arts, Film Production, Physics[/x_block_grid_item][/x_block_grid][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”true” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 85px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h4″ accent=”false” style=”margin: 0 0 30px; line-height: 1.3; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 1.15em; letter-spacing: 0.15em;”]Other[/x_custom_headline][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_block_grid type=”two-up” class=”mbn”][x_block_grid_item]