Olivia Peace

Olivia Peace is a student Academy Award winning director and visual artist from Detroit, Michigan living in Los Angeles. Their work is heavily informed by artistic experimentation, dreamspaces, and a deep reverence for the ecosystems that made them.

Olivia attended film school at Northwestern University where they studied animation and interactive art. Their senior film “Pangaea” was created with a research grant aimed at studying the effects of ecological displacement on young children specifically from New Orleans. The final piece utilized a mixture of live action and animation and went on to win a Fellowship with The Sundance Institute as a part of the year long intensive Sundance Ignite x Adobe 1324 Fellowship.

Olivia also holds a master's degree in Interactive Media and Games from The University of Southern California where they specialized in Worldbuilding. Their thesis project, "Against Reality," is a roomscale interactive experience built using AI neural networks. “Against Reality” premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and won the 2022 Student Academy Award.

While still in their master's program, Olivia's debut feature film, TAHARA, premiered to rave reviews at the 2020 Slamdance Film festival and went on to screen and win awards at dozens of festivals around the world. TAHARA opened in theaters June 2022 via Film Movement immediately becoming a New York Times Critic’s Pick.

Olivia remains committed to discussing and exploring critical imagination and taking motivated risks in the face of loss and change.

Their next feature film will be set in Detroit. if you’d like to support that effort? Reach out. 🌻