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. 

A passionate believer that real life provides the best material, Olga often uses true stories as inspiration and basis of her work. Olga's entry into features began with a memoir of a daring escape from the Soviet Union in the early 1970s. She optioned the book, then trained formally as a screenwriter at UCLAx and the NFTS, whilst running her own commercial directors' agency and production company alongside her studies. On graduation, and after winning a BAFTA-Rocliffe with The Trouble with Martha, she returned to the project,  this time – as a commissioned writer. 

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. Industry reception of the script led to other high-profile film and TV projects. However, several co-production commissions were halted industry-wide following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At that time, Olga pivoted to developing an authored slate of film and TV projects through her company. 

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, her voice blends visual precision with emotional nuance and dark, culturally aware humour – 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.

Returning to artistic documentary projects, Olga collaborates with a Swiss studio Avocado360 and is currently writing and co-producing a 360° documentary recently awarded development funding by the Swiss Film Fund. She's also a creative producer on another doc, awaiting BFI Doc Society funding decision. 

Olga lives in London. 

BAFTA Connect | WGGB member

Sundance, TFL and Midpoint Alumna.

UCLAx Writers’ Program, 2018; NFTS Finding Your Voice, 2019.

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