Jacqueline Olive is an independent multimedia producer based in the San Francisco Bay Area who principally uses filmmaking to tell nuanced stories of people, places, and cultures overlooked or misrepresented in media. After earning a master’s degree in documentary film at the University of Florida’s Documentary Institute, she worked for three seasons assisting with the production of the internationally-themed PBS series, Global Voices, and the Emmy award-winning documentary series, Independent Lens.

Bringing experience in many fields from news photography to firefighting, Jacqueline has directed, produced, filmed, and written television news stories and short and long-form documentaries that combine an emphasis on compelling visual storytelling with critical analysis.

Utilizing a variety of web-based platforms, Jacqueline also produces digital media pieces that expand the reach of her films. In the past year, she has created a series of web-shorts that highlight ardent voices on all sides of the same-sex marriage debate and is currently developing Always in Season, a documentary that reveals how the lynching of African Americans for more than a century until the mid-1960s still impacts Americans today. She is also producing a complementary Second Life project.