Tommy Oliver

Tommy Oliver is an Emmy and Sundance-winning filmmaker, entrepreneur, and photographer whose work spans film, television, media, and documentary. He is the Founder of Confluential Films, a production company and financier creating culturally specific and universally resonant entertainment, and founder of Black Love, a beloved media brand dedicated to authentic storytelling and community.

Oliver’s producing credits include The Perfect Find (Netflix), Fancy Dance (Apple TV+), Young. Wild. Free. (BET+), The Perfect Guy (Sony, which opened #1 at the U.S. box office), and Kinyarwanda (Sundance and AFI Fest Audience Award winner, ranked #6 on Roger Ebert’s Top 10 of 2011). In nonfiction, he produced the Emmy and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (HBO), six seasons of the groundbreaking docuseries Black Love, AFI Audience award-winning documentary Juice WRLD: Into the Abyss (HBO), and the critically acclaimed 40 Years a Prisoner (HBO). As a filmmaker, he has written, directed, shot, and edited acclaimed features including 1982 (Lionsgate), 40 Years a Prisoner, and Juice WRLD. Upcoming projects include Hamlet, starring Riz Ahmed, and the horror film Goons, starring Michael Rainey Jr. and Chlöe Bailey.

A noted photographer, Oliver’s work is featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, with more than 70 photos in its permanent collection.

He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Producers Guild of America, where he serves on the National Board and co-chairs the Independent Producer Committee, the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Television Academy. A dedicated mentor, he supports emerging filmmakers through Sundance, PGA, Doc NYC, and the Academy Gold program. Oliver is also the recipient of Carnegie Mellon University’s Alumni Achievement Award, serves on the Carnegie Mellon CFA Dean’s Council, and was named by Goldman Sachs as one of the “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs”.