Matt Olmstead, portrait via TMDB.

Matt Olmstead

Writer at AFIN

USA (from their AFIN films)

Film producer · Television producer · Screenwriter · United States

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Biography

Matt Olmstead is a producer and writer.

From the Judges, on The Tattooed Heart (2019)

From the Judges, on The Tattooed Heart

It made a strong impression on the panel, a compact and tightly built piece of screen storytelling handled with real assurance behind the camera. The performances landed as powerful and wonderful, with a casting choice that anchors the whole thing. Taking on difficult, painful territory, this short carries its craft with confidence and comes through as quality work.

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Credits at AFIN

Selected filmography beyond AFIN

Primarily credited in writing across their wider career, per TMDB.

Since Matt’s 2019 AFIN appearance, 1 known screen credit follow below. See the AFIN launchpad →

  • FBI: International posterFBI: International since AFINWriter43m per episode2021

    Follows the elite agents of the FBI's International Fly Team headquartered in Budapest as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.

  • Stumptown posterStumptown Writer43m per episode2019

    Dex Parios is a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted Army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, Oregon. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people’s messes with a blind eye toward her own.

  • Chicago P.D. posterChicago P.D. Writer2014

    A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community.

  • Chicago Fire posterChicago Fire Writer42m per episode2012

    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.

  • Lie to Me posterLie to Me Writer44m per episode2009

    The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is lying and why, which helps law enforcement and government agencies uncover the truth. But his skills also make it easier for him to deceive others.

  • Prison Break posterPrison Break Writer2005

    Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

  • Blind Justice posterBlind Justice Writer1h per episode2005

    Blind Justice is an American television series created by Steven Bochco about a blind New York City police detective. It was introduced mid-season in March 8, 2005 to fill the time slot left by Bochco's highly successful NYPD Blue, which had just aired its final episode after a 12-year run.

  • Brooklyn South posterBrooklyn South Writer1997

    An American ensemble police drama series following the life of police officers from the 74th Precinct in southern Brooklyn, New York City.

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