Matt Olmstead

Matt Olmstead is an American writer and producer for television shows. Olmstead graduated from California State University, Chico. He is an alumnus of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. He went to Hollywood in hopes of being a script writer. Olmstead eventually worked with an agent, who set him up with Steven Bochco. After 10 minutes of talking, Bochco offered him to write an episode for the show NYPD Blue. In 1993, Olmstead wrote for the t... more

Matt Olmstead is an American writer and producer for television shows. Olmstead graduated from California State University, Chico. He is an alumnus of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. He went to Hollywood in hopes of being a script writer. Olmstead eventually worked with an agent, who set him up with Steven Bochco. After 10 minutes of talking, Bochco offered him to write an episode for the show NYPD Blue. In 1993, Olmstead wrote for the television series NYPD Blue. Moreover, Olmstead became an Executive Producer of NYPD Blue, and became a Producer in 2002. He also worked as a writer and producer for NYPD 2069 in 2004. In 2005, he was one of the creators of the show Blind Justice. He wrote the Pilot and Episode 3. The show was cancelled in June 2005 after just 13 episodes. Olmstead is credited for being a writer and an executive producer for the successful Fox network's television series, Prison Break. less