Oliver Ojeil

Filmmaker at heart, Oliver wrote, directed and edited his first short film “The Fraud Monks” when he was 13 years old. Cum Laude graduate of Philadelphia’s Temple University Film School in 2005, he started his career shooting commercials in the Philadelphia area.

Oliver's style as an artist and director is quite diverse and his work spans over several categories having collaborated with the world's biggest brands on beauty, hair, fashion, cars, tabletop, visual effects, etc. Aside from having a natural eye for beauty and aesthetic, he is technically well versed and experienced with visual effects. However, at the core of it all lays a story teller able to stir emotions and move the hearts.

His passion for photography which started as a hobby has earned him several international awards and honorable mentions such as a bronze medal in the prestigious Venice International Photo Contest. Oliver has exhibited his work in various art galleries and some of his photos have been sold internationally. He is currently preparing for the international release of his first photography book which has been in the making for 3 years. Oliver mainly shoots fashion, beauty, portraits, and landscape.

In 2008 he founded Cliche VFX, an award winning, high-end post-production house, which became a success in little over a year. Recently, Cliche VFX joined forces with 20th Century Fox to handle 68 visual effects shots on one of their upcoming horror films: The Pyramid. Oliver worked as a visual effects supervisor on the film as well.

Recently, Oliver has been writing and developing a period epic feature that deals with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The project has been subject to years of research and on-site expeditions. It will be a Hollywood blockbuster in the vein of Alexander, Gladiator, Troy, etc. Moreover, he is currently in early pre-production on The Exorcism, a horror film that deals with demonic possession and exorcism from an untapped angle. It is in the vein of: The Exorcist meets The Rite meets The Sixth Sense.

As a citizen of the world, Oliver is constantly traveling and directing TV commercials, enjoying life, taking pictures for his book, all while developing his feature films with relentless passion.

Oliver is fluent in English, French, Italian, and Lebanese. He is currently living in Milan, Italy.

His greatest inspiration remains the transcending paintings of the Renaissance and the sunlight, the source of all life.