Josh Olson

Movies

Trigger Warning
Writer
A traumatized veteran who inherits her grandfather’s bar after his untimely death, and is faced with a moral dilemma after discovering the truth behind his death.
Return to the Emerald City
Screenplay
Inspired by the classic books by L. Frank Baum and Alexander Volkov
Batman: Gotham Knight
Screenplay
A chronicle of Bruce Wayne's establishment and progression into Gotham City’s legendary caped crusader through 6 standalone episodes.
Too Commercial for Cannes
himself
A day in a life tour diary with David Cronenberg, as he brings his film "A History of Violence" to the Cannes Film Festival (2005) for its first public screening.
A History of Violence
Screenplay
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
Infested
Writer
Horror tale of insects which eat their victims from the inside out.
Infested
Director
Horror tale of insects which eat their victims from the inside out.
Instinct to Kill
Writer
Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs task force. Only one man proves able to fight back in his league: former cop J.T. Dillon, who was already training Tess in self-defense and becomes her lover. Becket decides to find hiding place by kidnapping Diffs wife, and thus enforce a final show-down.
Hidden Agenda
Writer
A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murder at the highest levels.
Hitman's Run
Writer
A former mob hitman, now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts. He teams up with a skateboarding kid, who has a computer disk that the mob wants to get their hands on that has a list of new names for individuals in the FBI witness protection program. The list includes his dad, who separated from his mother years before and hadn't been seen since.
On the Border
Writer
A dumb as rocks security guard in a Texas border town gets involved in a planned bank heist thanks to the charms of two different femmes fatales.
Masters of Science Fiction - The Discarded
Writer