Jeff Oliver (he/him) is a writer, director and media educator.

He has been awarded grants by the Oregon Community Foundation, Regional Arts and Culture Council and Oregon Film. Recently he has been an artist-in-residence at Foundation House (2023) and UnionDocs (2024).

He has performed at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, appeared on NPR’s Tell Me More and once as a question on Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me. 

Since 2012 he has taught filmmaking workshops with organizations like Oregon Children’s Theatre, Movie Madness, Hollywood Theatre & Outside the Frame. Between 2020-2022, he managed the Black Filmmaker Fellowship for Open Signal Labs in Portland, Oregon.

His first documentary feature, It’s Not That Kind of Camp, about Dr. Ernst Bulova and the founding of Buck’s Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp premiered in 2017. 

In 2021, he was picked to write & direct a segment of Call + Response for the Montavilla Jazz Festival. His segment, The Beast of Torpor, premiered at the Portland Art Museum.

His most recent short film, Thirsty Thursday, will premiere at the 2024 Portland Horror Film Festival.