- Born
- Nicknames
- Jub-Jub
- Mooby
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Besides being a writer, director, producer and editor, Mike is also the founder, President and CEO of Gift for Fiction Entertainment, one of only two active production companies working in the Reno area. Mike is a 21 year old with a lifelong interest in movies that led him in his early teens to a career as a film critic. After 7 years of work and school, Mike was finally able to realize his lifelong ambition to make a film of his own. His debut effort, Less Like Me, which he wrote, directed, produced, edited and made a small cameo in is the culmination of that ambition. His first feature doubled as his first foray into any type of real filmmaking beyond the realm of high school class projects, and much as he learned screenwriting as he wrote his first draft of Less Like Me, he learned the arts of directing, editing and producing as he went as well. He counts Kevin Smith, Charlie Kaufman, Woody Allen and Wes Anderson as big influences on his writing and his life, but counts David Mamet, writer and director of such films as The Spanish Prisoner, State and Main and House of Games as his key influence in every aspect of his filmmaking approach. He is currently working on the script for Gift for Fiction's next movie, Prayers of a Stalker with his long time friend and co-producer Jason Williams. The movie will be directed by friend, co-producer and Gift for Fiction Vice President Jeremy Capurro. Outside of Prayers of a Stalker, Mike has a number of short films in production, including a spoof of The Day After Tomorrow and a silent short film set in the 1920s.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Jimmy James
- Fast paced, easy flowing diologue
- Won two high school talent competitions back to back with his Stand-Up comedy performances.
- Founded Gift for Fiction Entertainment and came up with the name of the company, which is based on a quote from the David Mamet film State and Main.
- Began working as an amateur film critic in middle school, went professional in high school.
- Wrote the first draft of Less Like Me by free association, and did not know how the film would end until he actually wrote the ending.
- His favorite bands and musicians, in order, are The Clash, Phillip Glass, Shivaree, Carter Burwell, Randy Newman, Barenaked Ladies, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Who, Diana Krall, Miles Davis, Jon Brion and Alanis Morissette
- Making a movie is like spinning plates in the middle of an earthquake, you should count yourself lucky if only a few things fall apart.
- Screenwriting classes can only teach you how to write like everybody else. A screenwriter's voice is his own, and can't be taught to him.
- The thing about Howard Hughes, what makes him so special, is that he had these huge psychological problems, problems that usually cripple most people, and he still made his mark in a big way. He had a vision and huge goals and wouldn't let his disorders get in the way of them. Even if he did eventually succumb to madness, he did even that on his own terms. How can that not give me hope? How can I not look up to that? In my more delusional moments, I see a lot of myself in him. - Olinger explaining why he looks up to Howard Hughes
- Less Like Me (2004) - $20 .00
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