Deric Olsen

Deric Olsen was born and raised in southern Alberta and is regarded as an innovative independent filmmaker. Through his films, Olsen seeks to enlighten as well as entertain. He brings to the world around him new ideas and unique, timely stories. His films are intelligent and have an imaginative visual style. His present motivation in his films, is in exploring the concept of borders and boundaries as they relate to identity and character and he has a number of projects in various stages of development. An accomplished educator as well, Olsen has connected with many burgeoning filmmakers through his challenging film and media production courses and workshops, providing his students opportunities to develop and express themselves as filmmakers and as artists. Olsen completed an M.F.A. in Media Production and Studies from the University of Regina in 2007 and operates Northbound Studios, an independent film production and distribution company he founded in 1999. He continues to write and do research on a number of film and media related topics including, genre, authorship, and representation. Olsen married Aubrey Lynn Davies in 1999 and has 4 children.