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BIO. Jonathan Olshefski is an artist and documentary filmmaker. His debut feature documentary, QUEST was nominated for two News and Documentary Emmys in 2019. The film premiered in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and went on to screen at over 75 festivals nationally and internationally.
Jonathan Olshefski is a teacher, artist, and documentary filmmaker. He is a Professor at Rowan University in the department of Radio, TV, Film. Olshefski's debut feature documentary QUEST ...
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When Olshefski moved to Philadelphia in 2000, he began working on a variety of projects — still photography series, short films, an interactive online narrative. The most important involved taking photographs for a blog his close friend Andrea Collins-Smith started after she was diagnosed with cancer: “She was sick of having the same conversation about her diagnosis with everybody.
Jonathan Olshefski is a documentary filmmaker who creates intimate portraits of contemporary America, rooted in the long-term relationships he develops with his subjects. He notes, “I hope to act as a conduit for the voice of my subjects and position them as tellers of their own stories.”
Dec 8, 2017 · Jonathan Olshefski: There was a gradual deepening of the relationship between me and the Rainey family over the years as I spent a significant amount of time with them. As we continued to build trust and I was around for more and more significant events, the moments naturally became intimate.
Jun 15, 2018 · Jonathan Olshefski spent 10 years filming Christopher Rainey and his family, who run a recording studio in North Philadelphia. Then their daughter was shot. Originally broadcast Dec. 20, 2017.
on Jan 25, 2017. Jonathan Olshefski, Quest, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival 2017. Jonathan Olshefski spent a decade filming the Rainey family. He’d visit the family’s home often without a camera, simply to spend time with Quest, his wife and their children. As he notes in his interview with Filmmaker, this longterm commitment ...
