Madeleine Olnek

Madeleine Olnek is a writer and director who honed her skills in downtown New York City venues with over twenty produced plays, all comedies. She is one of the authors of A Practical Handbook for the Actor (foreword by David Mamet), a widely used acting textbook. She is a graduate of Columbia Film School, where she was awarded the William Goldman Screenwriting Fellowship and the Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director. Her films include the Sundance shorts Hold Up and Countertransference,…