ALIX AUSTIN
FILMOGRAPHY
2023, KILL YOUR LOVER, Feature, Director/Writer/Producer
2022, SUCKER, Short, Writer/Director
2022, DO NOT RESUSCITATE, Short, Creative Producer
2021, ISOLATION, Feature (Segment: 'It's Inside'), Director
2021, FOLLOWERS, Feature, 2nd Unit Director
2021, PORTRAIT, Short, Creative Producer
2019, NORA, Webseries Episode, Writer/Director
2018, RETCH, Short, Creative Producer
2016, TRUE VALUE, Short, Director/Producer
Alix is a British/Swiss Director and Creative Producer - she has a big passion for practical creature effects, lethal sound design & killer soundtracks.
She was the recipient of the 2023 Raimi Productions scholarship for Rogue Studios EmpowHER filmmaking course and has worked as a film consultant for the BFI Future Film Academy and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Most recently she co-directed her first feature film KILL YOUR LOVER with creative partner in crime Keir Siewert. Think 'Blue Valentine' meets 'The Fly': www.switchblade-cinema.com/kill-your-lover
She previously co-created and produced horror short RETCH, which screened globally, including the London Short Film Festival, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and won Best Horror Short at Cinefantasy Film Festival in Brazil.
Other genre experience includes 2nd Unit directing Marcus Harben's FOLLOWERS (2021) and being the Director of crime thriller short TRUE VALUE, which was funded by the Bruce Millar Fellowship Award, starring Red Madrell (Kidulthood), touring festivals such as Underwire, LIFF and BFI's Women of the World Festival.
AWARDS (include)
RAIMI PRODUCTIONS Scholarship Recipient
for Rogue Studios EmpowHER Program
FRIGHTFEST & QUEENSBURY PICTURES
New Blood '22 New Writers Initiative
BRUCE MILLAR FELLOWSHIP GRANT
£5k Award to make short film 'True Value'
BEST SHORT FILM at Dead Northern
for short film 'Sucker'