2024 ACADEMY NICHOLL FELLOWSHIP SEMI-FINALIST:
In the last 5 years, Austin's screenplays Car Heroin Train, Her Seventh Death, William the II, Taming Holden Caulfield, Diners & Devils, Who Let the Wallflowers Out? (2024 Nicholl Nominated), Maddie and Frannie, and Autumn and Everything After have combined for over 350 nominations in film fests across 5 continents. When not writing, Austin's a lead engineer for a fleet of nuclear plants in the Midwest.