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Edward Olive is a film and television actor. He was a commercial litigation solicitor

Solicitor

Solicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...

in London & Paris until throwing in the towel to pursue his more artistic interests working as a professional screen actor in the UK, France and from 2002 based out of Madrid, Spain. He studied drama in London at the City Literary Institute, Morley College

Morley College

Morley College is an adult education college in London, England. It was founded in the 1880s and has a student population of 10,806 adult students...

& The Actor's Centre and in Paris - Studio 34 & Coté Cour as well as courses in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...

(RADA). He has appeared in English, French and Spanish speaking roles.

Full-length films

Give and Take, and Take (2003) — Joey 'Shoes'The Lackey. (Role in English film (in English))
Opium (2004) — Ministre Anglais (Role in French film (in French))
Arritmia — Analista de Inteligencia (Role in Spanish/Cuban film (in US English)) - Vicente Peñarocha

Television

Explorers (Canal 9
Canal 9
Canal Nou is a public television station in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is run by Ràdio Televisió Valenciana which operates from Burjassot. It is broadcast in Valencian and Spanish and it can be watched in the Valencian Community and adjacent areas...

(Canal Nou) Punt 2
Punt 2
Canal Nou Dos is the second channel launched by Ràdio Televisió Valenciana on 9 October 1997.The channel was launched under the name Notícies 9, a channel dedicated to informative programmes made by RTVV. It changed its name to Punt 2 after it began to show informative, documentary and cultural,...

- Spain)- TV presenter on travel show - Pablo Más
Amar en tiempos revueltos (TVE) - Robert Wilson (2006)
London Street (Antena 3 Televisión) - Activista - Rafael de la Cueva
Supershow (Antena 3 Televisión)
Napoléon (TF1
TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

) TV mini-series - Yves Simoneau - Chambellan (2002)
Table 12 (BBC2) - John - James Brown
Justice (TF1
TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

) - Journaliste - Gerard Marx
Ghost Stories for Christmas (BBC2) TV mini-series - Eleanor Yule
Eleanor Yule
Eleanor Yule is an award-winning Scottish film director, best known for her feature film Blinded and her television documentaries with Michael Palin. She also directed Ghost Stories for Christmas a TV mini-series with Christopher Lee for BBC2....

- Etudiant (2000)
A la Mode Food (UK Style) - William - Sue Lloyd

Short films http://www.edwardolive.com/EnglishCVandPersonalDetails.php

The Inner Migration - Alvaro Collar
Un día cualquiera - Oliver Hernández
The Presidiary - Carl Alegard
The Curry - Matthew Akinsaya
Bitch & Butch - Michael Noble
Homing Instinct - Mark Khalifa
Moving Day - Martin Kittappa
Animal Vegetable Machine - Deborah Watson
Security Breakdown - Edward Burns
Uncertain Existence (Girona Film Festival 2003) - Veronica Ibarra Sanchez
The Maker - Chetna Javin
Meeting - Caroline Gardner
Do it Now (Raindance Film Festival
Raindance Film Festival
Raindance is an independent film festival and film school that operates from various cities including: London, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin and Brussels...

2000) - Peter Mann
Opium (Festival de Vierzon 2000) - Philippe Lacœuille
Illusion - Christian Nedjel
Homme cherche Femme - Sylvie Renon/Alexandre Messina
Une Soirée Agitée - Chantal Farinelli/Jeo Beneus
My Legendary Girlfriend (Festival de Grenoble 2001/ Festival of Fantastic Films (UK)
Festival of Fantastic Films (UK)
The Festival of Fantastic Films is an annual non-profit celebration of cinema fantastique, held annually in central Manchester, England. It was created by Tony Edwards and the late Harry Nadler , together with their fellow enthusiast Gil Lane-Young.Past...

2002) - Philipp Koenig
Rue du Depart - Fabien Minot
Le Regard d’Eva - Jonathan Glaros
Les Possédés - Georges Hachem
Premiere Page - Thomas Gutt
Le Viedoire - Nessim Debbiche
Le Pacte - Emmanuel Gerard
Chroniques - Patrick Luyinula
Perver City - Nessim Debbiche/Guillaume Jeannin
Une Si Brève Evasion - Helene Pecheur

Television commercials

Edward Olive has appeared in numerous television commecials including spots for Mc Donald's, CNBC

CNBC

CNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...

, Ya.com, LG

LG may refer to:*LG Corp., a South Korean electronics and petrochemicals conglomerate*LG Electronics, an affiliate of the South Korean LG Group which produces electronic products* Lawrence Graham, a London headquartered firm of business lawyers...

Air Conditioning, Telefónica

Telefónica

Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider in Europe and Latin America. Operating globally, it is the third largest provider in the world...

, Vodafone

Vodafone

Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...

, Iberia

Iberia

The name Iberia refers to three historical regions of the old world:* Iberian Peninsula, in Southwest Europe, location of modern-day Portugal and Spain** Prehistoric Iberia...

, Hyundai

Hyundai

Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...

automobiles, Chrysler

Chrysler

Chrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925....

, Honda

Honda

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

, Toyota, Bonduelle, Spanish Direccion General de Trafico DGT, Spanish Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Spanish Ministerio de Hacienda, La ONCE

ONCE

ONCE , or Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles , is a Spanish foundation founded on December 13, 1938 to raise funds to provide services for the blind and people with serious visual impairment....

, Schweppes, IBM Lotus Notes, Hipercor

Hipercor

Hipercor S.A. is an up-scale chain of hypermarkets in Spain, belonging to the same group as El Corte Inglés. It has its head office in the El Corte Inglés head office building in Madrid....

, El Corte Inglés

El Corte Inglés

El Corte Inglés S.A. , headquartered in Madrid, is the biggest department store group in Europe and ranks fourth worldwide...

, Ikea

IKEA

IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...

, Belson televisions, Sony Playstation, Eurocopa, CAM Caja Mediterráneo, Ibercaja, Seguros de Andalucia, UEM Universidad Europea de Madrid

Universidad Europea de Madrid

European University of Madrid is a private university in Madrid, Spain.The school is owned by Laureate Education, Inc. and has 12,500 students....

as well as being the face of a billboard compaign for Visa and BMW

BMW

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...

and voiceover actor in commercials for Accenture

Accenture

Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...

and Metro de Madrid.

Fine art photographer

Edward Olive is also a fine art, commercial and wedding & portrait photographer.

Photography awards

5th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee in the Professional category: Nude 2011
TeraBella Media photography contest “What Happens at Night” Merit Winner 2011
First Prize in Wedding Photography and Second Prize in Portrait Photography in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards WPGA August Contest/Pollux Awards 2011
Runner Up in the Still Life category of the 2010 Project 2011
2nd place award in the International Photography Awards in the category Fine Art - Nudes and Honourable mention in the categories Professional Wedding and Pet photography 2011
First Prize in the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards May Contest Pollux Awards Portfolio Section - Professional Photographers Figure and Nude 2011
Second Prize & Special Mention of the Jury in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2nd Edition of the Black & White Competition in the category Nude & Figure 2011
Runner Up Award in the Chasing The Light Juried Photography Pet photography Who’s your best friend? 2011
Prix de Paris Px3 nominated Px3 Official Selection in the categories Portraiture/Wedding, Portraiture/Personality, Portraiture/Children, Press/People/Personality, Fine Art/Nudes, Nature, Advertising/Book Cover, Advertising/Annual Reports and People's Choice First Prize in the category Advertising/Annual Reports, 2 Silver Awards in the categories Advertising/ Book covers and Nature and 2 Honourable Mentions in the category Fine art nudes 2011
2nd Prize and 3rd Prize in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2011 April Pollux Awards Contest in the category Figure and Nude 2011
Honourable mention in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards Best Shot Competition 2011
3rd place winner in the ephotoawards.com art photography competition “Color Awards 2011”
Special Mention of the Juror in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards WPGA The Beauty Around Us Contest 2011
Gold Award In the The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards (WPGA) Portrait & People 2011
Runner Up in the Chasing the light - Landscapes – Beyond The Mundane Photo Competition 2011
First prize in the professional wedding category of the 2010 WPGA The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards Annual Pollux Awards 2010
Third place finalist in the photography competition V Concurso fotográfico FOTO DNG 2010
Finalist in the WPGA Worldwide Photography Gala Awards / The Pollux Awards in the Professional Photographers categories: Children, Figure & nude, Macro & Micro, Still Life, Wedding 2010
Nominated for the Premios Gràffica 2010
Honourable mention in the category fine art nudes in PX3 Le Prix de la Photographie Paris 2010
1st Place - Fantasy Outstanding Achievement award and the title of Fantasy Photographer of the Year in the Global Photo Awards 2010
Winner of the Daily Telegraph Telegraph.co.uk Photo competition: Sunshine and winner of the The Daily Telegraph Photo competition: Forgotten 2010
Finalist in The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards - Urban & country landscape contest and their The Dominant Colour Contest 2010
Selection of the Hasselblad Masters in the category fashion & beauty 2010
International Photography Awards 3rd place prize in the Advertising : Book Cover pro category with his cover for Italian novel by Lucia Tilde Ingrosso – “Io so tutto di lei" and honourable mentions in the categories Fine Art - Nudes, Fine Art - Still Life, People - Other, Nature - Flowers, People - Lifestyle and in Advertising - Annual Report category for the winning entry "GFMS Annual Platinum Survey" 2010
Fourth Place Award in the ARTROM Gallery, Rome, Italy’s TOPTEN Split Second Impulse International Photography Competition 2010
Nominated as finalist in the International Photography Awards and finalist in the wedding & social category of the Hasselblad
Hasselblad
Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium-format cameras and photographic equipment based in Gothenburg, Sweden.The company is best known for the medium-format cameras it has produced since World War II....

Masters 2009
First prize of the Jury of PHotoEspaña
PHotoEspaña
PHotoEspaña, the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid, began in 1998 and has now evolved into a celebrated photography forum....

PHE in their competition "Otoño al aire libre" 2009
Winner of the analogue photography competition “Mi mejor positivado” organised by photography magazine La Fotografía and Kodak Spain 2008

Photography exhibitions

The Collective art photography exhibition Third edition of Fotox1000, the largest photo exhibition in FotoGrafia 42, the International Festival of Photography of Rome 2011
The collective contemporary photography exhibition “Shut up and shoot” at the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Oregon USA 2011
The Kid Stuff collective exhibition of child portraits and photojournalism in the 1650 Gallery in Los Angeles California USA 2011
The Hasselblad
Hasselblad
Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium-format cameras and photographic equipment based in Gothenburg, Sweden.The company is best known for the medium-format cameras it has produced since World War II....

Masters 2009 exhibitions in Copenhagen, London, New York & Hong Kong 2010
Citypulse exhibitions, "Biosphere", "Stop Making Sense" in 2009 and "Por Chile" and "Sensual" in the Galería Moro in Santiago (Chile) 2010
The collective exhibition of nature and landscape photography III EXPO ESREC "El agua despertando a la primavera" in the nature museum Valle del Alberche, el Barraco Ávila Spain 2010
FOTOX1000 II Futurspectives 2010 in Rome Italy, a collective exhibition of fine art photography 2010
PHotoEspaña
PHotoEspaña
PHotoEspaña, the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts of Madrid, began in 1998 and has now evolved into a celebrated photography forum....

PHE 2009 “El agua de Madrid” in Canal de Isabel II
Canal de Isabel II
Canal de Isabel II is the public company that manages the water supplies for Madrid, Spain. It is owned by the Autonomous Community of Madrid.The Y in the abbreviation is from the old spelling Ysabel.- External links :*...

, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain 2009
“Rioja en los Sexto Sentidos” in Bodegas Franco Españolas, La Rioja (Spain)
La Rioja (Spain)
La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera.-History:...

2008

Publications

His pictures have been featured in numerous newspapers, art, photography, bridal, music and urban culture, fitness & sports magazines including El Mundo

El Mundo (Spain)

El Mundo is the second largest printed and the largest digital daily newspaper in Spain and one of the newspapers of record in that country, with a daily circulation topping 300,000 readers for the printed edition and 24 million unique web visitors per month for the...

Yo Dona, Strongbox magazine, Hyde Park Photography Magazine, Anormalmag, Snapixel magazine, French photography review Le Negatif mag, Spanish La Fotografía Digital y Actual, La Fotografía Social, Carne Visual Arts Magazine, Citypulse, Serie B, Hip Hop Nation, Hipflow, Urban Fit, Oui magazine, Outside Magazine, Gear Patrol and Aire Libre. His photography has been included in various books inluding the IPA Lucie Foundation Annual Book of Photography in 2011 and 2010, the Citypulse Fine art photography book "City of Women" and Unlimited Grain Portraits from THIAPS, The International Analogue Photographic Society . In 2009 the first book of his photography was published "Private collection" featuring a series of his analog fine art erotica. His pictures have also been used as books covers including the crime thriller by Australian writer Peter Temple "Mediator", the novel by Lucia T. Ingrosso "Io so tutto di lei" and for the 2010 annual Gold Survey and Platinum Survey published by GFMS

GFMS

GFMS Ltd , formed in August 1989, is a leading independent precious metals consultancy specialising in global gold, silver, platinum and palladium market research....

and included in “Everyman’s Marx” by Roger Gatham & Jake Davis.

External links

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