Writer/Producer/Director Jack Olesker has a career that
spans over three decades. During those more than thirty years, writing, producing and directing are the only fields of endeavor in which he has ever been involved.
His professional career was launched in 1976 when his only copy of his first manuscript - sent unsolicited and in a shirt box - was plucked from the slush pile by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Film rights for the novel, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, were purchased by Sherry Lansing during her tenure at MGM. (Lansing would go on to become Hollywood's longest serving studio head, at Paramount Motion Pictures, producing films that include THE ACCUSED, FATAL ATTRACTION and TITANIC.) The novel became a best seller.
In ensuing years Olesker published five more novels -- THE SIEGE OF SUPERPORT, BEYOND FOREVER, THE YOUNG DRAGONS, CONFESSIONAL and CAST ON, BET'S OFF. His novels were published by Putnam, Signet, New American Library, Pocket and Dorchester. His screenplay, based upon his novel CONFESSIONAL, was purchased by Yale Wexler Productions. Interestingly, his novels embrace the spectrum of various genres, including horror, police procedurals, suspense and a historical saga.
In 1977 he moved to Los Angeles and wrote over 100 commercials, also serving as an editor at ENTREPRENEUR
Magazine. In 1982 he began his career in episodic television by writing for the children's series, THE LITTLES. Soon after he took a staff position at DIC Entertainment where he created, wrote and story-edited such children's series as THE CARE BEARS, SUPER MARIO BROTHERS, HEATHCLIFF THE CAT, POPPLES, INSPECTOR GADGET and many others.
As an independent writer in 1992, he created the series bible for Saban Entertainment's internationally successful MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS. He also created and wrote thirty-seven episodes of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HE-MAN. Olesker captured the Billboard Magazine Best Educational Video for writing KIDS HAVE RIGHTS, TOO and he also created the IT'S OKAY TO SAY NO TO DRUGS video.
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n 2007 his screenplay for NINJA KNIGHTS: WHEN WARRIOR WORLDS COLLIDE, was purchased by KEN Creative Studios, an India-based animation studio that secured Olesker's services as studio president. Serving as CEO of his own production company, 24/7 Productions, in November and December of 2009 he Executive Produced and Produced two documentaries in the Bahamas - JUNKANOO! and EMPOWERMENT: THE AMAZING GRACE. In July of 2010 he will be producing and directing THE POWER OF 100 BLACK MEN for PBS. Olesker's 24/7 Productions has acquired the rights to develop a television series based upon the iconic children's magazine JACK & JILL and is in a strategic alignment with WNIT Public Television to develop the series. He has written the pilot episode and series bible for
that project.
A frequent lecturer, he has appeared before The American Society of Journalists and Authors and in 2009 was the keynote speaker at the prestigious River Bend Film Festival. In all Jack Olesker has written over one thousand episodes of television, eighteen films and published six novels.
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