Austin Chen

Austin Chen is a filmmaker from Fort Lee, New Jersey. He is currently a second year Fellow at AFI and graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2019 with a major in Film & Television and a minor in computer science. He most recently interned in the Narrative Film department for Ryan Coogler’s production company Proximity Media in the Film Department. 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 social issues and topics in an entertaining way.