Born in Denmark in 1965. Studied film making at the National Film School of Denmark, where she graduated in 1991. Her end project for completion of the course, the film 10:32 a.m. Tuesday - A Love Story, was included in several student film festivals around the world and awarded several prizes. Olesen later directed several commercials, short films and documentaries for TV. In Your Hands is her second feature, subsequent to Minor Mishaps she directed in 2002 (Selected for the 26th Mostra
