Oliver Park

Oliver Park

Oliver Park
Born Oliver John Park
(1986-04-13) April 13, 1986
Bath, England, United Kingdom
Occupation Actor
Years active 2005–present
Website http://www.oliverpark.co.uk

Oliver Park (born April 13, 1986) is an English actor. His first major film role was Kai in 'Shank',[1] and as a result of this performance, the production team behind the film, wrote parts especially for Oliver in their two follow-up productions – ‘Release’ and ‘Buffering’. After shooting the feature film ‘Just Ate’ early in 2012, Oliver won the ‘Best Actor’ award for his performance in the short film ‘Wakey Wakey’ at the ITV West Film and Television Awards.

More recently Oliver has had lead roles in a number of films including Neil Oseman’s ‘Stop/Eject’, which was shortlisted for BAFTA 2015, Simon Pearce's 'Watch Over Me' (Winner of 'Best Action Short' (New York 2014) and 'Platinum Remi' for best drama (Houston 2015)), Jack Searle’s ‘Fratton’, Darren Flaxstone’s ‘Dark Vision’ and Devon Avery's French Action/Drama 'Synced'.

Oliver is also a horror film writer/director and won 8 awards for his first short film 'Vicious' including the Gold Award for Best International Film at Toronto After Dark 2015 and the Platinum Award in the LA Horror Competition. Vicious was also nominated for a further 7 awards including the Melis d'Argent at Molins Horror Festival. Oliver recently finished filming his second short horror 'Still' which is planned for festivals this halloween and public release next year. He is already in pre-production on his next short after 'Still'

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Note
2009 Shank Kai
2010 Release Prisoner
2011 Buffering Mitch
2012 Just Ate Sebastian
2012 Fratton Shaun Patrick
2012 Dark Vision Xan
2013 Tenants Tom
2013 One Mikey Jones
2014 The Salisbury Hare Pantenal Deaton
2014 The Gatehouse Colin
2014 Foxtrot One One David Wombwell
2015 Synced Sam

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Award Result
2012 Wakey Wakey ITV West Short Film Production Awards Won
2015 Vicious Gold Award - Best International Film, Toronto After Dark Film Festival Won
2015 Vicious Platinum Award - Best Film, LA Horror Competition Won
2015 Vicious Silver Award - Best Short, Halloweenapalooza Won
2015 Vicious Favourite Film Award - Best Film, Northern Frights Film Festival Won
2015 Vicious Best Scare, MAC Horror Film Festival Won
2015 Vicious Best Film, WildSound Film Festival Won
2015 Vicious Best Score, WildSound Film Festival Won
2015 Vicious Best Leading Actress, Global Independent Film Awards Won
2015 Vicious Melis d'Argent, Molins Horror Film Festival Nominated
2015 Vicious Best Short, Buffalo Dreams Film Festival Nominated
2015 Vicious Best International Short, Cal-Tex Film Festival Nominated
2015 Vicious Best Director, LA Horror Competition Nominated
2015 Vicious Deadline Award, Landshut Film Festival Nominated

References

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