Austin Azar

Screenwriter

SHORT FILMS

A romantic/psychological drama short created by Abhi Pal, PJ Losciale, and myself. Shot in one night in LA, it was a joy to make and I think it turned out really well.

A Christmas action/comedy short that I co-wrote and co-directed with Matt Rapozo. Shot over two days in Austin, TX, utilizing a crew of fellow UT students.

Winner of Best Student Short at the Austin Under the Stars Film Festival, Official Selection of both the Hollywood Verge Film Awards and the Texas Union Film Festival.

(Also, in spite of the similarity in subject matter, Violent Night actually came out three years later.)

No-dialogue comedy short, shot in about 1.5 hours utilizing a three-person crew, written, directed, and edited by me. Featuring Matt Rapozo and Alex Kerendi and shot by Jackson Ingraham, this is probably my favorite short film of any I’ve created.

No-dialogue pandemic drama short film that I wrote and directed for a UT Austin film course. Shot in one day during Spring 2019 with a crew of friends. Maybe wasn’t going to win an Oscar, but I’m still proud of it. Also, ended up being awfully prescient.

No-dialogue short made for a FilmRiot 24-hour short film contest, shot in an hour at 2am on the UT Austin Campus. Starring Britton Sear, and shot by Jackson Ingraham. Again, not winning Cannes, but I like it.

“Drugged Driving” PSA I created in high school film class for the NO BULL PSA Challenge. Made lots of this type of thing in high school, so I’ll spare you the rest.

No-dialogue dramedy short that I created in high school and used for my college film school applications. It worked! (Mostly).

Stop-motion action short film I made when I was about fifteen years old. My first and only real attempt at anything stop-motion. It’s basic and remarkably amateur, but so was I, and I thought it’d be fun to add here. Car goes boom.

A quick animation that I made in the eighth grade, circa 2013. Not my deepest thematic work, but it’s still one of my favorite things I’ve ever made. I mean, look at those tree physics.