Oliver J. Tan is a former student at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He graduated in June 1997 with a degree in Art Studio and Asian American Studies. Ollie was born and raised in the Bay Area. He is a Multi-Media artist who deals with video, web/graphic design, and acting.

Ollie's video works are personal stories that deal with his youth stories to broken relationships to his identity as a male Pilipino Asian American. His video works have been shown at the The 16th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, 1996-1998 Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival, The 15th Annual Asian American Film Festival in Washington D.C., and The 2nd Annual Asian Film Festival in Malaysia. He was awarded "Festival Favorite" in Malaysia for Bitter While I Wait. In his senior year at UCSB, Oliver was teacher's assistant for professor Kip Fulbeck in the Art Studio and Asian American Studies Department. He assisted students in the process of making and producing video works.

Web and graphic designing are other skills that Ollie possesses. He was awarded with the 1996 New York Times Foundation Award for the excellence in multi-media presentation by a group. Before graduating he interned for KRON-TV Web Online in San Francisco. Currently he is working at Gap Inc. Direct as a Technical Designer. Ollie has worked for Eve.com, Alldomains.com, Asian Buying Consortium (now click2asia.com), Graphical Planet and Neutral Ground - San Francisco.

Writing and performing are other activities that Ollie does for enjoyment. He was President for the Asian American Drama Association at UCSB. He has written and acted in two of his pieces in this group. He also directed, acted, danced and performed at the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6 th Annual Pilipino Cultural Night by Kapatirang Pilipino.

An Ollie Fu Fu Tan Productions is from his Chinese nick name Ollie Fu. His friends tease him about this name by calling him Ollie Fu Fu. Today he uses this trademark in his works.