Matt Olmstead
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Matt Olmstead is an American writer and producer for television shows.
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[edit] Private Life
Olmstead graduated from California State University, Chico. He is an Alumini of College of Humanities and Fine Arts. He went to Hollywood in hopes of being a script writer. Olmstead eventually worked with an agent, who set him up with Steven Bochco. After 10 minutes of talking, Bochco offered him to write an episode for the show NYPD Blue.
He is quoted for saying "Take the chance, use your ambition, let the goal lead where it leads."
[edit] Career
[edit] Writing
In 1993, Olmstead wrote for the television series NYPD Blue. He also worked as a writer for NYPD 2069 in 2004. In 2005, he was one of the creators of the show Blind Justice. He wrote the Pilot and Episode 3. The show was cancelled in June 2005 just after 13 episodes.
Matt is also credited for being a writer for the successful Fox network's TV series, Prison Break. He wrote the episodes "Cute Poison", "The Rat" and "Go". He also co-write the teleplay of "The Key" with Zack Estrin, and the story came from Prison Break's creator Paul Scheuring. Recently, he wrote "Otis".
[edit] Producing
Moreover, Olmstead became an Executive Producer of NYPD Blue, and became a Producer in 2002. He was also a producer of the show NYPD 2069 in 2004. He is Executive Producer for Prison Break.
[edit] External links
- Matt Olmstead at the Internet Movie Database
- Matt Olmstead at TV.com
- California State University, Chico's article on Matt Olmstead
