Olenka Denysenko

Olenka Denysenko is a NYC based television director with 17+ years as a Script Supervisor on some of the most prestigious television shows including Gotham, Elementary, The Get Down and The Punisher. Directorial credits include NBC’s New Amsterdam, The Blacklist and numerous short films which have screened at many notable film festivals. She was awarded The Grand Prize and Best Drama Director of the NexTv Entertainment Acting and Directing Competition for her short The Summons and her book trailer for Gordon Lish’s Collected Fictions was named one of the Top Ten Book Trailers of the Year by the Daily Beast. Olenka received her BA from New York University. She is a member of I.A.T.S.E Local 161.

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films

Goodbye, Sweetheart

Killing her brother was the last straw.

Alternate Sides

Goodbye, Sweetheart

An honest look at the agony and joy of parking a car in New York City.

The Summons

The Summons is a portrait of one man's struggle with pain and loss. When Gordon Lish receives a letter addressed to his dead wife Barbara summoning her to jury duty, he is forced to compose a response to a faceless bureaucrat and in so doing, relives the pain associated with her death.

The Mole

The Summons

A polymer physicist at Avery Dennison is caught selling company trade secrets to Taiwanese competitor Four Pillars and is forced to cut a deal with the FBI. Based on a true story about the first case that went to trial under the Economic Espionage Act in 1997.