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Olly Blackburn
Olly Blackburn (also credited as Oliver Blackburn and Ollie Blackburn) is a film director and screenwriter. Born in London, England, Blackburn had an acting role in the 1982 short comedy film ''A Shocking Accident''; the film won an Academy Award in 1983 for Best Short Subject. He graduated from Oxford University in 1993 where he studied history. Blackburn won a Fulbright Scholarship and pursued graduate studies in film and television at the Tisch School of the Arts. While there, his film ''Swallowed'' received New York University's Martin Scorsese Post-Production Award.
Blackburn began his professional film career directing commercials and music videos, and became associated with the film production company Warp X. He served as Second Unit Director on the film ''Reverb''. Blackburn co-wrote and directed ''Donkey Punch'', which was his first film to be shown at the Sundance Film Festival. He shot the film on a £1 million budget over 24 days in South Africa. Movie critics likened his work on the film to filmmaker Peter Berg's ''Very Bad Things'', director Phillip Noyce's ''Dead Calm'', and Roman Polanski's ''Knife in the Water''. He went on to serve as writer for the film ''Vinyan'', which critics compared to two films by director Nicolas Roeg, ''Don't Look Now'' and ''Heart of Darkness''.
==Early life and education==
Blackburn was born in London, England. In 1982 Blackburn acted in the short comedy film ''A Shocking Accident'' directed by James Scott, based on a short story of the same name by Graham Greene. The film won an Academy Award in 1983 for Best Short Subject.
Blackburn received a degree from Oxford University in 1993;〔 he focused on history.〔 He subsequently worked in journalism.〔 Blackburn won a Fulbright Scholarship,〔 and studied television and film as a graduate student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.〔〔 While at NYU, Blackburn created a short film titled ''Swallowed''; this work was recognised with the 1996 Martin Scorsese Post-Production Award.〔 In an interview with ''IndieLondon'', Blackburn stated his role models include Sam Peckinpah and Michael Powell.〔 While living in New York City, Blackburn and his co-writer for ''Donkey Punch'', David Bloom, stayed in an apartment together for one year.〔 Bloom had also been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States.〔 In 2009, Blackburn resided in South London.〔
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