Bio

Marty Ollstein has been making films since his first dramatic film Abraham was accepted into the prestigious Critic’s Week at the Cannes Festival. His film Michael won the Directors Guild Foundation Award.  He directed Elliott Gould in Dangerous Love, a romantic thriller set in the singles dating scene.

His experience as a feature cinematographer enables him to create the look of a film and fully realize his vision.  Some of his cinematography credits include Penitentiary (1 and 3), Broken Bridges, and The Haircut (starring John Cassavetes).

His expertise in the digital technology of cinema complements his work as a filmmaker.  Based on his extensive knowledge of camera filters, he developed the first digital cinematography filtration, Crystal Image software, and created and managed the Software Division of the world-renowned Tiffen Filter Company.

Ollstein is also a mountaineer and has climbed peaks from California’s Sierras to the Alps. He climbed the Matterhorn by Whymper’s route as first hand research for EXPOSURE.

DIRECTOR-WRITER

  • Exposure

    Feature set in Switzerland, currently
    in Pre-Production

  • Dangerous Love

    Feature starring Elliott Gould – romantic thriller

  • Bobby

    Cannes Official Selection ‘Un Certain Regard’, ASC Award

  • Michael

    DGA Award, Deauville Festival, Cannes Marche

  • Abraham

    Cannes ‘Semaine de la Critique’ Selection

  • Healing Through Dance

    American Cancer Society

  • Other

    And other television, music video and commercial work

CINEMATOGRAPHER

  • Penitentiary

    Feature starring Leon-Isaac Kennedy

  • Broken Bridges

    Feature, Russian-American co-Production

  • Penitentiary 3

    Feature starring Anthony Geary

  • The Haircut

    Starring John Cassavetes

  • The Dolphin Song

    Olivia Newton-John

  • CAS and ICAS

    ASC-PGA Camera Assessments at Universal and WB

  • Other

    Features, television, music video & commercial work

AWARDS

  • Michael

    Directors’ Guild of America Foundation Award

  • Bobby

    American Society of Cinematographers Award

REEL

  • 5 Minute Reel

    A montage of feature, television and commercial work (Complete, high-resolution films available on request)

WRITING

  • Writers Guild of America Member

    Feature screenplays –
    Hands, The Cruise, Nailed…

  • ASC Cinematographer’s Manual

    Four Chapters

  • Visual Effects Society Manual

    Digital Cinematography Chapter

TEACHING

  • Professional Workshops for SONY, Kodak, Camerimage, DOP Budapest

  • Seminars for National Cinematographer Associations

    BSC (England), AFC (France),
    HSC (Hungary), AAC (Austria)
    and ASC (USA)

  • Film Schools

    USC, UCLA, Chapman, Academy of Art, Berlin, Paris

MOUNTAINEERING

  • Matterhorn, Switzerland

  • Palisades Traverse (five 14,000’ peaks), California

  • Mt. Whitney, California

  • Technical Rock-climbing

    Joshua Tree, Sierras, Alps

EDUCATION

  • UCLA Film School

    Master of Fine Arts, Film Directing

  • Stanford University

    Bachelor of Arts, Film Production, Physics

Other

  • Speak Fluent French, working German and Spanish

  • Play classical and jazz flute