Jonathan Olshefski (BA '04, MFA '10) is an artist and documentary filmmaker who strives to tell intimate and nuanced stories that honor his subjects’ complexity, amplify their voices and reflect their points of view in an artful way. His debut feature documentary, QUEST, was nominated for two News and Documentary Emmys in 2019. The film premiered in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and went on to screen at over 75 festivals nationally and internationally.

In 2017, he was named as one of 25 New Faces in Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine and mentioned in the New York Times as one of “The 9 New Directors You Need to Watch.” In 2018, he received the “Truer Than Fiction Award” at the Independent Spirit Awards and was selected for a Pew Artist Fellowship.

He is an Associate Professor at Rowan University where he teaches in the department of Radio, TV, and Film.