Matt Olmstead

Matt Olmstead is an American writer and producer for television shows.

Early life

Olmstead graduated from California State University, Chico in 1988. 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 the opportunity to write an episode for the show NYPD Blue.

Career

In 1993, Olmstead wrote for the television series NYPD Blue. The series was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch. It focused on a single homicide unit in New York City. Olmstead eventually became an Executive Producer of NYPD Blue, and became a Producer in 2002.
Olmstead worked as a writer on the series Brooklyn South in 1997. The series was created by Milch and Bochco along with William M. Finkelstein and ex-police officer Bill Clark. The show detailed the lives of a single precinct of police patrol officers. Olmstead wrote four episodes for the series' first season. The series was canceled after completing its first season.
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 canceled in June 2005 after just 13 episodes.
In 2012, Olmstead joined Chicago Fire as an executive producer. In 2014, he co-created the spin-off Chicago P.D..
Though Olmstead was initially the "writer/showrunner" for Law & Order: Organized Crime, he stepped down in October 2020.

Credits

Stumptown
1.02 “Missed Connections”
The Crossing

1.09 "Hope Smiles from the Thereshold"

Chicago P.D.
Olmstead is the co-creator of Chicago P.D. alongside Dick Wolf, and acts as the show's showrunner. He has written a number of episodes and is an executive producer on every episode.
1.01 – "Stepping Stone"
1.12 – "8:30 pm"
2.01 – "Call It Macaroni"
2.07 – "They'll Have to Go Through Me"
2.17 – "Say Her Real Name"
2.20 – "The Number of Rats"
Chicago Fire
Olmstead is the showrunner of Chicago Fire, joining the show as an executive producer after the show's pilot. Olmstead has written a number of episodes and is an executive producer from episode 2 onwards.

1.03 – "Professional Courtesy"
1.12 – "Under the Knife"
1.14 – "A Little Taste"
1.17 – "Better to Lie"
1.21 – "Retaliation Hit"
1.22 – "Leaders Lead"
1.23 – "Let Her Go"
2.04 – "A Nuisance Call"
2.16 – "A Rocket Blasting Off"
2.18 – "Until Your Feet Leave the Ground"
2.20 – "A Dark Day"
2.22 – "Real Never Waits"
3.07 – "Nobody Touches Anything"
3.14 – "Call It Paradise"
3.17 – "Forgive You Anything"
3.19 – "I Am the Apocalypse"
3.21 – "We Called Her Jellybean"

Prison Break
Olmstead is credited for being a writer and an executive producer for the successful Fox network's television series, Prison Break.
1.04 – "Cute Poison"
1.14 – "The Rat"
1.19 – "The Key"
1.21 – "Go"
2.02 – "Otis"
2.14 – "John Doe"
2.16 – "Chicago"
2.21 – "Fin Del Camino"
3.02 – "Fire/Water"
3.10 – "Dirt Nap"
3.13 – "The Art of the Deal"
4.01 – "Scylla"
4.16 – "The Sunshine State"
4.22 – "Killing Your Number"
Breakout Kings
Olmstead is credited with being a writer and an executive producer for A&E's television series Breakout Kings.

Pilot – executive producer,
Collected – executive producer
The Bag Man – executive producer
Out of the Mouths of Babes – executive producer
Queen of Hearts – executive producer,
Like Father, Like Son – executive producer
Fun with Chemistry – executive producer
Steaks – executive producer
One for the Money – executive producer
Paid in Full – executive producer
Off the Beaten Path – executive producer
There Are Rules – executive producer
Where in the World Is Carmen Vega – executive producer
An Unjust Death – executive producer
Round Two – executive producer
Double Down – executive producer
Cruz Control – executive producer
Self Help – executive producer
I Smell Emmy – executive producer
Ain't Love Grand? – executive producer
SEALd Fate – executive producer
Served Cold – executive producer
Freakshow – executive producer

Blind Justice
1 – Pilot
3 – Rub a Tub Tub
8 – Past Imperfect
11 – Dance with Me
12 – Under the Gun
NYPD Blue

6.10 – Show & Tell
6.16 – T'aint Misbehavin
7.06 – Brothers Under Arms
7.09 – Jackass
7.14 – Sleep Over
7.17 – Roll Out the Barrel
8.01 – Daveless in New York
10.01 – Ho Down –
10.02 – You've Got Mail
10.03 – One in the Nuts
10.04 – Meat Me in the Park
10.05 – Death by Cycle
10.06 – Maya Con Dios
10.07 – Das Boots
10.08 – Below the Belt
10.09 – Half-Ashed
10.10 – Healthy McDowell Movement
10.11 – I Kid You Not
10.12 – Arrested Development
10.13 – Bottoms Up
10.14 – Laughlin All the Way to the Clink
10.15 – Tranny Get Your Gun
10.16 – Nude Awakening
10.17 – Off the Wall
10.18 – Marine Life
10.19 – Meet the Grandparents
10.20 – Maybe Baby
10.21 – Yo, Adrian
10.22 – 22 Skidoo
11.01 – Frickin' Fraker
11.02 – Your Bus, Ted
11.03 – Shear Stupidity
11.04 – Porn Free
11.05 – Keeping Abreast
11.06 – Andy Appleseed
11.07 – It's to Die For
11.08 – And the Wenner Is...
11.09 – Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax
11.10 – You Da Bomb
11.11 – Passing the Stone
11.12 – Chatty Chatty Bang Bang
11.13 – Take My Wife, Please
11.14 – Colonel Knowledge
11.15 – Old Yeller
11.16 – On the Fence
11.17 – In Goddess We Trussed
11.18 – The Brothers Grim
11.19 – Peeler? I Hardley Knew Her
11.20 – Traylor Trash
11.21 – What's Your Poison?
11.22 – Who's Your Daddy?
12.01 – Dress for Success
12.02 – Fish Out of Water
12.03 – Great Balls of Ire
12.04 – Divorce, Detective Style
12.05 – You're Buggin' Me
12.06 – The Vision Thing
12.07 – My Dinner with Andy
12.08 – I Like Ike
12.09 – The 3-H Club
12.10 – The Dead Donald
12.11 – Bale Out
12.12 – I Love My Wives, But Oh You Kid
12.13 – Stoli with a Twist
12.14 – Stratis Fear
12.15 – La Bomba
12.16 – Old Man Quiver
12.17 – Sergeant Sipowicz' Lonely Hearts Club Band
12.18 – Lenny Scissorhands
12.19 – Bale to the Chief
12.20 – Moving Day

Short film

The Tattooed Heart – Directed by Sheldon Wong Schwartz, written by Matt Olmstead, with Jennifer Morrison and Madison Wolfe