Olga’s creative path began in graphic arts and hand-drawn animation, followed by an extensive international career at Saatchi & Saatchi, during which she also developed narrative projects — from early short films to a commissioned documentary on the industry itself. This evolution of visual and narrative work led her toward screenwriting and drama – her debut short film won multiple awards on the festival circuit, including BAFTA LA.
Since 2011, Olga has run a commercial directors’ agency, whilst studying screenwriting at UCLAx and the NFTS, honing a voice that blends visual precision with emotional nuance and dark, culturally aware humour.
Olga’s high-budget drama Alone in the Ocean, based on the memoir of the same name, is co-produced by Artem Vassiliev (Lazy Sunday) and André Logie (Panache Productions) and is slated to shoot in 2026. Several earlier co-production commissions were halted industry-wide following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At that time, Olga pivoted to developing an authored slate of international film and TV projects through her company.
Her BAFTA-Rocliffe-winning script The Trouble with Martha is in development as an animated feature, with Helen Blakeman (BAFTA/EMMY) co-executive producing and Neil Boyle (Kensuke’s Kingdom) set to direct.
Olga’s work often explores fractured places and shifting identities — from Hope, a deeply personal drama shortlisted for the Sundance Development Track and developed through Torino Film Lab Extended, to Goldmine, a Mexico-set thriller selected for TFL Next Series Lab. Bloody Bay, a comedy–drama series with satirical edge, was developed through Midpoint Series Launch 2025.
She also collaborates with a Swiss studio on immersive formats and is currently writing and co-producing a 360° documentary recently awarded development funding by the Swiss Film Fund.
Olga lives in London.
BAFTA Connect member / Sundance and TFL Alumna.
Graduate of the UCLA Writers’ Program, 2018; NFTS Finding Your Voice, 2019.
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