Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, Austin Shelton was raised with a deep sense of reverence for all things nature and the wild.  After getting a BA in Philosophy and spending years roaming the Americas (think more motorcycle beatnik than #vanlife), he eventually settled in Los Angeles where he earned an MFA in Cinematography at the American Film Institute. Fascinated and inspired by the void between narrative and documentary filmmaking, Austin strives to bring a cohesive visual language to his documentary projects and vérité instincts into his narrative work.

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He is represented by The Gersh Agency.