Martin Spang Olsen

Martin Spang Olsen (born 24 November 1962) is primarily known in Denmark as a lecturer, stuntman, stunt coordinator, writer and actor. But in addition to this, he has supported himself as a philosopher, painter, health and physique expert, composer, futurist, religion historian, concept developer, fight instructor and fight choreographer, musician, singer, songwriter, coach and consultant for the corporate world.

Olsen has written academic books, fiction, philosophical books, children books, poetry, film manuscripts and numerous articles. He has produced CDs, directed documentaries, sung in opera, operetta and musical, composed music for films, performed in art exhibitions and participated in more than 100 TV and film productions as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, director or actor.

Olsen is the son of pictorial artist and writer Ib Spang Olsen and painter Nulle Øigaard and older brother of film director Lasse Spang Olsen. He is a Postgraduate from Aurehøj Gymnasium (1981) and holds a MA in Musicology and Classic History from University of Copenhagen and Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (University of London) (UK) (1982–2007).

Besides his Musicology, Olsen has received musical training in classical and jazz guitar, piano, singing, composition and direction. He has sung in several choirs and vocal groups and played in the bands Aurehøj Stompers, The Great Pretenders and RHBNC Jazz-band. Parallel to that he has composed music – such as children's songs, meditation music and film music.

Olsen was raised in a creative environment where it was natural to learn the classical art forms. Olsen received private education from his parents and different artists in the family circle, including Hedvig Malmstroem and Erik Lynge. Olsen's debut as an artist was in 1983 and shortly after that, he created Gallery MM in collaboration with attorney Martin von Haller Grønbæk. The gallery was dissolved in 1986. During 2008 Olsen resumed painting again and established in 2010 Eventgalleriet® (The Event Gallery) together with pictorial artist Barbara Kofoed.

Olsen is privately trained in stunt in US (1989 and 1990) by Eddie Stacie, Paul Stader, Gene LeBell and Benny Urquedes among others. In 1983 Olsen founded together with his brother Denmark's first stunt school, which today still stands as the world's only stunt school with a consecutive education. The education would last up to ten years and at the same time, the Stunt School initiated the Danish stunt industry. Most Scandinavian stuntmen have received tuition at the Stunt School. Olsen closed down the school in 1997 after 15 years. As a stuntman and / or actor, Martin Spang Olsen has appeared in more than 100 theater, film and TV productions since 1983.

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