Félix Olivier has been working for a decade and a half in Paris and in New York as an assistant director on various feature films. He was also involved on the Fox TV series FBI-sponsored, "America's Most Wanted", and "True Blue", a show created by Grosso-Jacobson Productions.

During the shooting of these series which ran through several years, Felix Olivier closely collaborated with retired NYPD detectives. These men were working as various consultants: script writers, production managers or even actors. This particular experience allowed Olivier to be familiar with the cops' own state of mind which later proved very helpful for the shooting of 18B Justice commissioned By Arte. Olivier also went on the road for many months as a sound technician for NBC's "Nightline" investigative pieces.

Prior to 18B Justice, his new documentary, Felix Olivier has written, produced and directed three thirty minute films: two fictions, In plain view, Avenue Lénine and one documentary, George Dureau - New Orleans, which all aired on Canal Plus, Arte, France 3 and in several European countries.

He was given the Canal Plus short film prize in 1994, the SACD (FrenchWriter's Guild) Beaumarchais prize as well as two other 1996 awards at the Montecatini and the San Francisco Film Festivals. He also participated in SOURCES, a script workshop of the MEDIA program. His documentary film George Dureau - New Orleans is now part of the permanent collection at the Maison de la Photographie Europeenne in Paris.