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Jenni Olson’s Summary
Jenni Olson is director of e-commerce at WolfeVideo.com and is one of the world's leading experts on LGBT cinema history. Jenni established the massive queer movie database, PopcornQ (at PlanetOut.com) and launched the first showcase for LGBT streaming media in 1995, the PlanetOut Online Cinema as well as founding the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards in 2000. As a film collector and archivist Jenni’s historical movie trailer programs (including the ever-popular: Homo Promo) have been shown at film festivals around the world, as have her many short films and her debut feature, The Joy of Life which world premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to her vast curatorial experience (including stints at the Minneapolis/St. Paul and San Francisco LGBT Film Festivals) Jenni has written extensively about LGBT film since 1985 for publications too numerous to mention. Her wildly entertaining coffee table tome, The Queer Movie Poster Book was a 2005 Lambda Literary Award nominee. In addition to being a helpful advisor to various filmmakers, Jenni is also on the advisory board of Outfest’s Legacy Project for LGBT film preservation. Her latest short film 575 Castro St. (shot on the set of Gus Van Sant’s Milk) is coming soon to a film festival near you or you can go watch it now at FilmInFocus.com. Jenni is also currently in development on a new feature, Get Me Guinevere Turner. Find out even more about Jenni’s latest adventures and activities on her blog at Butch.org!
