Olin made her directorial debut with the school production In the House of Love (1995).
Raw Youth has been seen by more than 60.000 at Norwegian cinemas and was nominated for the European Film Award, best documentary (2005).
In the autumn of 2009, she received attention for her debut as a feature film director with The Angel.
Nowhere Home (2012), about unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, created debate in Norway and was shown at a number of festivals and conferences abroad.
Olin is one of six directors in Wim Wenders' Cathedrals of Culture (2013), where she directed the episode from the Oslo Opera House, with a premiere at the Berlinale (2014).