Andreas Olavarria
Andreas Olavarria has over 25 years of experience in the development, production, marketing and distribution of motion pictures and television movies, having worked as an executive at both 20th Century Fox and The Walt Disney Studios. His specific areas of expertise include film packaging, production, sales, marketing and distribution.
As Founder and CEO of the independent global film sales & distribution company Level 33 Entertainment, Andreas has overseen the acquisition, marketing and distribution of over 200 independent feature films including such award winning movies as ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES starring Liev Schreiber and Josh Hutcherson, SXSW Official Selection MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE starring Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari, and the indie thriller COLD MEAT starring Allen Leech and Nina Bergman.
Most recently, Andreas produced the independent sports drama FINDING TONY in conjunction with NBA star Anthony Davis’s new entertainment venture JAKM3N Productions as well as the family holiday feature film, A UNICORN FOR CHRISTMAS starring Abby James Witherspoon, Sunny Mabrey and country music star Chuck Wicks, as part of a slate of family friendly features which are in active development. Andreas also produced several television movies which are all airing on Lifetime Television: TWISTED LITTLE LIES, BETRAYED BY MY BRIDESMAID and NEWLYWED NIGHTMARE and Executive Produced the holiday TV movie, CHRISTMAS DOWN UNDER for Ion Television.
Andreas is a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and he holds an Honors Degree in Communication Studies from UCLA.
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