Gerald Olson is an executive producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

 who may be known for his involvement with House Party

House Party (film)

House Party is a 1990 American comedy film released by New Line Cinema. It stars Kid and Play of the popular hip hop duo Kid 'n Play, and also stars Paul Anthony, Bow-Legged Lou, and B-Fine from Full Force, and Robin Harris . The film also starred Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, A.J...

, the 1990 motion picture. The San Francisco State alum relocated to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, and eventually became director of production at HBO.

Besides his work on the House Party feature, Olson has been involved with several other projects, including:

• Repo Man (starring Emilio Estevez
  Emilio Estevez
  Emilio Estevez is an American actor, film director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well-known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire...
  
  ),
• The Hidden
  The Hidden
  The Hidden is an American science fiction film produced and released in 1987 by New Line Cinema. The film was written by Bob Hunt and directed by Jack Sholder...
  
  (starring Kyle MacLachlan
  Kyle MacLachlan
  Kyle Merritt MacLachlan is an American actor. MacLachlan is best known for his roles in cult films Blue Velvet as Jeffrey Beaumont, Showgirls as Zack Carey, as Paul Atreides in Dune, and Ray Manzarek in the Oliver Stone film The Doors...
  
  ),
• Rapid Fire
  Rapid Fire (1992 film)
  Rapid Fire is a 1992 action film starring the late Brandon Lee. Lee was reportedly in talks with 20th Century Fox about making Rapid Fire 2, prior to his death. School scenes were filmed at Occidental College in Los Angeles...
  
  (starring Brandon Lee
  Brandon Lee
  Brandon Bruce Lee was an American actor and martial artist. He was the son of martial arts film star Bruce Lee...
  
  ), and
• Dumb & Dumber
  Dumb & Dumber
  Dumb and Dumber is a 1994 picaresque or buddy comedy film starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. Written and directed by the Farrelly brothers, the film follows the cross-country trek of Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, two good-natured but incredibly moronic friends...
  
  (Jim Carrey
  Jim Carrey
  James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
  
   and Jeff Daniels
  Jeff Daniels
  Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels is an American actor, musician and playwright. He founded a non-profit theatre company, the Purple Rose Theatre Company, in his home state of Michigan...
  
  ).
• The Rundown
  The Rundown
  The Rundown is a 2003 American action comedy film starring The Rock and Seann William Scott about a bounty hunter who must head for Brazil to retrieve his employer's renegade son. It was directed by Peter Berg...
  
  (starring [The Rock],[Seann William Scott],[Christopher walker] and Rosario Dawson]

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he has kids, an adopted daughter named anna, his youngest son GEOF, and two older boys...

he has kids and one of his sons names is geof