Austen Hoogen

<div id="biography"> <p>Austen Hoogen began filmmaking in 1996 after the completion of "Shoot Film Not People" film school and the production of "Terminal 187" on which he was Apprentice Director of Photography.</p> <p>Since then Austen graduated with a degree in Film &amp; Video Communications from Seattle Central Community College and has gone on to direct and shoot multiple short films, music videos, documentaries and webisodes.</p> <p>Austen has received two Telly awards for his films, one for the writing and production of "Love, Inc."--a short film about the difference between desire and love--and "Rock Zombie"--a 24-minute HiDef short film about, well, zombies.</p> <p>For a year and a half, Austen worked as a producer/editor and videographer for Seattle Community Colleges Television: producing and editing a bi-monthly show on artists and the arts in Seattle; producing and editing a quarterly news-magazine style show featuring the stories of student journalists from the three campuses; shot and edited episodes of Artists Express, a 30-minute monthly documentary series on Seattle area artists; and produced short documentary and interstitial segments for the station.</p> <p>"Facing a New Age" is a 32 minute documentary commissioned by Three Dollar Bill Cinema and a Seattle gay-men's health and advocacy center, Gay City. The documentary had a grant-required before-the-end-of-the-year carved-in-stone exhibition date set. In fact, the invitations had already been printed and mailed before Austen was called. So, in the middle of November, 2008, with the $1,000 documentary stipend and $200 of his own money, Austen produced and edited "Facing a New Age", shooting in Seattle Washington, Portland Oregon and New York City. He delivered a documentary film that surpassed—that annihilated—expectations, and he did it in under six weeks.</p> <p>"Made With Love", a short film on which Austen was the cinematographer, recently won first place in the online, 30-second film festival.</p> <p>Overall, Austen has 20 years of imaging experience stemming from his start in still photography, a love of acting and theater from his days in community theater and over 15 years of shooting motion pictures on film and video.</p> <p>Austen currently lives in Los Angeles, CA where he works as a director, cinematographer and gaffer. His work thrills the small fry, as well as the audiences of Discovery Channel and Showtime.</p> <p>His resume, samples and working philosophy can be viewed on his website: <a href="http://www.austenhoogen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.austenhoogen.com</a></p> </div>

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