AUSTIN CHEN is a director and producer from Fort Lee, New Jersey. He graduated from AFI with a MFA in Producing in 2023 and graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2019 with a major in Film & Television.

 

As a producer, his films have screened at Oscar qualifying festivals such as Tampere Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, and deadCenter Film Festival. While as a director, his most recent film "The Qingming Kid" was a recipient of the Panavision New Filmmakers Grant and is part of the NorthWest Film Forum's "Best of Fest" Travel Program until 2025. 

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He most recently interned at Media Res Studio in the Scripted department, Ari Aster's Square Peg Productions, and in the Narrative Film department at Ryan Coogler’s production company Proximity Media. He has experience in development and talent management having worked as a Junior Assistant at Scott Rudin Productions in addition to interning at Untitled Entertainment and MANAGE-MENT. His short script “Onizuka” was a finalist at the Sloan 2020 Screenwriting and Production Awards at NYU.

 

Austin focuses on storytelling that shows the Asian American perspective in an entertaining way. He is currently based in Los Angeles, CA. 

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Contact: Austinchenfilm@gmail.com

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