Jeff Olan, the owner of JEFF OLAN CASTING, INC., was an original senior partner of the now defunct Los Angeles Based RAINBOW CASTING. Jeff was born in Gary, Indiana to Sol & Estelle Olan on July 30th, 1961. Since 1980, Jeff Olan (a native of Munster, Indiana) has been involved extensively in a multitude of areas in film, television, and radio. Mr. Olan embarked upon his career as a communications and drama major at Indiana University. He also studied and was an active member and graduate of the famed “Second City” comedy troupe based in Chicago. While getting an education and studying acting and radio, Mr. Olan served for two years as a nighttime disc jockey on WJOB in Hammond, Indiana 1230 on the AM dial. Mr. Olan also produced and was an On Air radio Personality for “Olan’s Casting Report”, a morning drive time talk show on K-EARTH radio in Los Angeles from 1984 to 1986 in which he interviewed many distinguished guests who work in the entertainment business industry.

On December 11th, 1984, Mr. Olan participated in a contest living on a Billboard overlooking the famous Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California. Jeff Olan perched on the sign for six months until June 6th, 1985 and received national and international publicity including appearances on “Good Morning America”, “The Today Show”, “Entertainment Tonight” and an article about him in the “TV Guide” (June 85). Johnny Carson made a reference to the billboard sitters in one of his nightly comedy routines. (Jeff actually sat at Mr. Carson’s desk on his last day of “The Tonight Show”). Jeff was one of the original “survivors”, and from living on the Billboard for 6 months he was in television, radio, and print media in over 50 countries for this stunt.

Mr. Olan began his pursuit professionally in the entertainment field as an actor and appeared in several television programs and feature films. His many credits include the daytime TV soap operas “Days Of Our Lives” where he played a reporter (NBC), and “Capitol” where he played a studio stage manager (CBS), the nighttime episodic TV show “The Facts Of Life” playing one of the girls boyfriends (ABC), the feature film “Best Of The Best 2” playing a security guard, The CBS movie “Donor” playing a paramedic, as well as playing a cop on “Nightmare On Elm Street” directed by Wes Craven.

In addition to his acting career, Mr. Olan utilized his vast talents in the area of production and became a production coordinator for an independent commercial company (Trump Films), and then later became a producer for both TV and Film. He created, wrote and CO-produced a syndicated television show “Caught In The Act”, and was able to acquire the last taped interview from Bill Gazarri of the famed Gazarri’s on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California – who was responsible for the rock band “Guns & Roses”. In 1999, Jeff started production as a producer on the cult feature film “Holy Hollywood” (www.holyhollywood.com), which stars the legendary actor Mickey Rooney, and Tony Tarantino (father of Quentin), and also features Sal Pacino (father of Al), Katherine Kovin-Pacino (Sal’s wife) and Amy Linker (80’s TV series “Square Pegs with Sarah Jessica Parker). Currently, Jeff is a developing producer on a new TV series for Cable Television, In development on other TV and Movie projects, as well as running Jeff Olan Casting, Inc. Jeff Olan always says “If we knew our fate…It wouldn't be life”

In 1992, Mr. Olan CO-founded and was one of the senior partners of Rainbow Casting, and some of Mr. Olan’s personal credits with that company include academy Award Winner “Pulp Fiction” directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta & Samuel Jackson, “The Net” & “Gunshy” both starring Sandra Bullock, “The Good Girl” starring Jennifer Aniston, “George Of The Jungle”, “Jackie Brown”, and the popular TV series “My So Called Life” to name a few.

At the end of 2001, the partners of Rainbow Casting went separate ways and in early 2002, Mr. Olan opened the doors of Jeff Olan Casting, Inc. His reputation in the business from not only his talent, but from producers and directors that he works with has allowed him and Jeff Olan Casting to become one of the leading Independent casting agencies in the motion picture industry and is continuously growing. Mr. Olan has paid his dues.

Currently Mr. Olan resides in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, and is involved with many on going projects.

JEFF OLAN currently sits on the Board of the VALLEY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (www.viffi.org) taking place in May, 2005 in the San Fernando Valley of the City of Los Angeles, CA.  In 2004 Dick Van Patten hosted the Gala.

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