---
name: "Josh Olson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-olson"
fi1m_id: "josh-olson"
imdb_id: "nm0647939"
tmdb_id: 305
wikidata_id: "Q3185993"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:54:00.293866+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Josh Olson

## Identity

Josh Olson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-olson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-olson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0647939
- **TMDB ID:** 305
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3185993
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Olson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185993, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/305

Writer. Born 10 January 1963 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 January 1963, USA
- **Also known as:** Joshua Robert Olson
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Olson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3185993, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/305

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*A History of Violence*](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Josh Olson is an American screenwriter and podcaster. He wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film *A History of Violence*, directed by David Cronenberg, an adaptation of the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke. He received nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA and Writers Guild of America awards for best adapted screenplay.

Olson wrote and directed the 2002 horror film *Infested*. His other credits include a segment of the anthology *Batman: Gotham Knight* (2008) and the screenplay for *Trigger Warning* (2024). He has collaborated on projects including an episode of *Masters of Science Fiction* with Harlan Ellison and contributed to the audio drama series *Bronzeville*.

Olson co-hosts the film discussion podcast *The Movies That Made Me* with director Joe Dante.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A History of Violence* (2005), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Airports* (2025), Editor
- *Trigger Warning* (2024), Writer
- *Return to the Emerald City* (2016), Screenplay
- *Batman: Gotham Knight* (2008), Screenplay
- *A History of Violence* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/a-history-of-violence.md)
- *Infested* (2002), Director, Writer
- *Instinct to Kill* (2001), Writer
- *Hidden Agenda* (1999), Writer
- *Hitman's Run* (1999), Writer
- *On the Border* (1998), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2006: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *A History of Violence*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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