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Originally from Boston, Austin Hsieh is a writer-director who first began his journey into storytelling as a photojournalist for various reputable media outlets, including the likes of The Boston Globe. He graduated magna cum laude with a BA from Tufts University and King’s College London, and earned an MFA with honors in Film Directing from Columbia University.
True to his moniker, “Austin from Boston,” he incorporates elements of New England into his work, drawing inspiration from his experiences growing up in the region and photographing the people of Boston. Yet, rather than embracing the “rough-and-tumble” image so often associated with the city, with tones of wonder and charm that aims at smiling as opposed to laughing, his unconventional comedies have premiered and won in competition at numerous international film festivals, including Oscar-qualifying festivals Austin Film Festival, RiverRun International Film Festival, and many more. Most recently, he wrote and directed High Strung, a Portuguese-English film, and When the Sun Bleeds, a USA-Icelandic co-production.
Beyond writing and directing, Austin has contributed to projects that have won the Kodak Cinematography Award, screened at Cannes Film Festival, SXSW, and edited upcoming indie feature Bleeding just to name a few. He currently works in post, having just wrapped season one of Netflix’s “The Abandons” and is currently on season one of Disney’s Hulu and 20th Century’s reboot of “Prison Break”.