Heather PILDER Olson

Heather has written, produced and directed several award-winning films, including the recent documentary The River. She was an associate producer for the documentary Gold Balls, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2016 and screened on PBS Television in 2020. She wrote the teleplay Crack the Whip which was a finalist in the Bigfoot Script Challenge and selected for the SIFF Live Table Read in 2019. Her TV pilot script 38 Minutes was featured in the Seattle Film Summit table reads in 2020. She is the executive director of the Bigfoot Script Challenge and co-leads The Green Room. She also teaches screenwriting at the Gig Harbor Women’s Prison.