30West Hires Film Investment and Sales Manager Maren Olson as EVP Film

Finance and film sales specialist Maren Olson joins 30West as EVP Film.

He will begin work this month and will work with Vice President Trevor Groth to lead a fast-growing business venture that includes Cooper Rife’s next title. trash cans Starring David Harbor and the thriller genre drink of the dayFor .The Amazing Spider-Man Directed by Mark Webb.

Olson joined the CAA, where he spent the last seven years as a representative in the Media Finance Department. Recent projects he helped finance and sell while at CAA include: Channing Tatum Dog, Simon Kinberg 355, and Scott Cooper light blue eyestarring Christian Bailey; And Zoe Kravitz’s artistic directorial debut, haze island, Starring Tatum.

Prior to joining CAA in 2015, Olson served as president of Traction Media, an independent film and domestic sales company, where he oversaw the creative development, packaging, production, financing and sales of more than 80 films, including Best Picture. . 2011. Foreign Language Oscar. The secret in your eyes.. Destin is also Daniel Cretton’s short term 12 This blew up both the director and Bree Larson.

Olson graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a major in film and television production.

30West will premiere at Imperative Entertainment in Cannes this month pain triangle Also in the competition the silent twinsIt premieres on Un Certain Regard. Also the skin market noise challenge will be reset next. Ყ ვავიHe helped package the company, directed by Rupert Sanders and starring Bill Skarsgდrd and FKA Twigs. 30West is currently streaming untitled wild cat A documentary to be released in the fall by Amazon Studios.