Tony Olmos

Tony Olmos is a Mexican-American filmmaker and musician who directed the films Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2023), South of 8 (2016), Fletcher and Jenks (2016) and Pulp Friction (2021). He was awarded Best Dramatic Screenplay at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival in 2016 and received several nominations at the GI Film Festival San Diego in 2017.

Personal life
Olmos resides in La Jolla, California. He was previously a musician before becoming a filmmaker.

Career
Olmos filmed his movies in San Diego County, which is where most of them are set in. His work in character development is influenced by Martin Scorsese. Olmos helped compose the score on his debut film South of 8 and his writing earned him a screenplay award in 2016 at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival. Around that time, he directed the short film Fletcher and Jenks, which was in competition for the 48 Hour Film Project, and it received nominations at the GI Film Festival San Diego in 2017.

Olmos worked with producer Mark Atkinson on Pulp Friction, which screened at the San Diego Latino Film Festival in 2022 and was nominated for Award This! in 2023. He later collaborated with screenwriter Brian Patrick Butler by directing the film Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea, which received several nominations at the 13th Oceanside International Film Festival in 2024.

Continuance
Continuance is a 2021 American comedy horror slasher film written and directed by Tony Olmos. The film stars Tony Gorodeckas, Noor Razooky, Teresa Suarez Grosso, Brian Patrick Butler, and Kayla Schaffroth.

Production
The film is a follow up to Olmos' debut film South of 8. It was shot in 2018 throughout San Diego and Ramona. Razooky was nominated for Best Actress at the San Diego Film Awards in 2020.

Release
The film premiered on December 10, 2021 at Shockfest Film Festival.