Jan Oliver Lucks was born in Germany to an Iranian/Indian mother and German father. In 2005 he moved to New Zealand to study film. One of Ollie's first short films, The Characteristics of C-Minor (2014), was made for the BBC and screened at more than 20 international film festivals. His 2015 short Wilbur Force premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival and became a Short of the Week on Vimeo. It was picked up by Maori TV and developed into the documentary Wilbur: The King in the Ring (2017). There is No "I" in Threesome (2021) is not only Ollie's latest film but also New Zealand's first feature film to become a HBO Max Original.