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Martin Olson is a comedy writer, television producer, stage director and composer. He is also a playwright and poet known for comedic and unusual subject matter and known as an original member of the notorious "Boston Comedy Scene."

Olson's encyclopedic satire Encyclopedia of Hell is published by Feral House (July 2011); the film rights were bought by Warner Bros. through producer Andrew Lazar for Mad Chance.

Olson has received an Emmy nomination and an Ace Award for television writing and two Emmy nominations for song writing.

Olson sold his first spec screenplay "IQ 83" to Dreamworks SKG, produced by Andrew Lazar of Mad Chance.

As a result, he took a year off to write "Encyclopaedia of Hell," a satirical book, and sold the film rights to Warner Bros. through Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance Productions. With Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner, Olson co-wrote the final draft of the screenplay adaptation of his book for WB under a new title, "D-Men."

Olson collaborated on a number of screenplays: with legendary special effects director Phil Tippet on the screenplay "Veronica's Daughter," with writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait on the screenplay "Sightings" for United Artists, with writer-comedian Rob Schneider on the screenplay "Family Disorder" for Touchstone, with writer-comedian Kevin Nealon on the screenplay "Late Bloomer," with Ken Locsmandi on the story and screenplay for "Bronson Beak," was a contributing story-writer/songwriter for Disney's television film Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, and adapted the novel "The Man Who Was Thursday" by G. K. Chesterton as a screenplay for Andrew Lazar of Mad Chance.