Chris Ohlson
| Chris Ohlson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Christopher Ohlson August 24, 1975 Lancaster, NH |
| Occupation | Film producer and director |
| Awards | 2015 Piaget Producers Award |
Chris Ohlson (born August 24, 1975) is an American film producer and director based in Austin, Texas. He is best known for his work on Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, The Overbrook Brothers and Thank You a Lot.
Ohlson is the 2015 Independent Spirit Piaget Producers Award winner, a 2013 Creative Producing Fellow of The Sundance Institute, and an alum of IFP's Narrative Lab Program.
Ohlson’s first film as a producer, John Bryant’s The Overbrook Brothers, screened in competition at SXSW in 2009. The film went on to play at numerous festivals around the world before being distributed by IFC Films.Ain't It Cool News called The Overbrook Brothers, "Delightful…a smart and funny film.”
Following the success of The Overbrook Brothers, Ohlson Executive Produced The Happy Poet, which screened at more than 50 domestic and international festivals, (including the 67th Venice Film Festival) and earned critical praise from Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, and other publications. The Village Voice called it “A sweet, stealthy film about creating meaning in your life (and your work) in a relentlessly mercenary world. Off-handed and yet quite artfully observed, The Happy Poet's winsome deadpan offsets its skewering of class and sustainability issues, right through to a tricky ending that, like Bill himself, may not be what it seems.” The Happy Poet won numerous prizes around the world, including the Audience Award at the Oldenburg International Film Festival, an American Independents Award at The Philadelphia International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the Florida Film Festival.
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