Austin Chick
American film director, screenwriter and film producer
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::summary American film director, screenwriter and film producer ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Austin Chick |
| image | Austin Chick by David Shankbone.jpg |
| caption | Chick in 2008 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| alma_mater | State University of New York at Purchase |
| known_for | XX/XY (2002) |
| August (2008) | |
| occupation | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
| spouse | |
| children | 1 |
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| name = Austin Chick | image = Austin Chick by David Shankbone.jpg | caption = Chick in 2008 | birth_date = | birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = State University of New York at Purchase | known_for = XX/XY (2002) August (2008) | occupation = Film director, screenwriter, film producer | spouse = | children = 1 | homepage = Austin Chick (born 1971) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer, who made the film XX/XY, released in 2002, and August, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Early life
Although born in Hartford, Connecticut, Chick moved to New Hampshire as a youngster. In the late 1980s he attended high school at High Mowing School, a boarding school in Wilton, NH. He went on to Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, where he specialized in literature and psychology with the aid of grants from the King Foundation. Chick spent a number of years unsure of what he wanted to do with his life and took on a life of a wanderer for some time. He said watching Kings of the Road helped him find direction:.
In 1998, Chick graduated in cinematography from SUNY Purchase Film School in Purchase, New York.
Career
His first major film, which he wrote and directed, was released in 2002. It was titled XX/XY, and it starred Mark Ruffalo and Kathleen Robertson. It examined the complex relationship between three Sarah Lawrence College students, both during their time at the school and then many years later. It was an independent production, which was shown at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival (where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize) and subsequently taken up by IFC Films.
He co-produced Sidney Lumet's 2007 film Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, which featured Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman as two brothers who stage the robbery of their parents' jewelry shop in an effort to get rich quick, with tragic consequences.
He then produced a movie called August, which was released by ContentFilm International in 2008. The cast list is headed by Josh Hartnett, and features Adam Scott, Naomie Harris, Rip Torn, and David Bowie. The plot centered on two brothers, with one of them, Tom (Hartnett), involved in a struggle to save his internet company on the stock market just before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Chick directed the film and was also executive producer.
In 2012, he wrote and directed Girls Against Boys (starring Danielle Panabaker and Nicole LaLiberte). It was released by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2012.
Personal life
Chick married actress Morena Baccarin over Thanksgiving in 2011. They had a son. Chick filed for divorce in July 2015, citing irreconcilable differences. In September 2015, his wife responded in a legal declaration involving their divorce that she planned to marry her Gotham co-star, Ben McKenzie, adding that she was pregnant with McKenzie's child. On 18 March 2016, Baccarin and Chick's divorce became official. Baccarin agreed to a stipend for Chick of $5,000 per month in spousal support through December 2018, and $3,500 per month in child support for their son until he reaches 18 years of age.
References
References
- "Austin Chick". [[British Film Institute]].
- [http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/may_2003/austin-chick.html Austin Chick The Brooklyn Director of XX/YY] {{Webarchive. link. (September 24, 2015 , FreeWilliamsburg.com website, May 2003)
- {{Google translation. en. es. http://www.zinema.com/pelicula/2004/xxxy.htm. Education: [[Google]] translation of references at ''Zinema.com'' {{in lang. es website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- [[Robert K. Elder. Elder, Robert K.]] ''The Film That Changed My Life: 30 Directors on Their Epiphanies in the Dark'', Chicago Review Press, January 2011, {{ISBN. 978-1556528255
- [http://www.dvdfuture.com/features.php?id=20 More on education and graduation]: ''DVD Future'' website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- [http://www.qwipster.net/xxxy.htm ''XX/XY (2002)''] film review: ''Qwipster.net'' website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- [http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/xxxy Grand Jury Prize nomination], 2002 [[Sundance Film Festival]]: [[Metacritic]] website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- [http://movies.aol.com/movie/august-2008/32514/synopsis ''August (2008)''] synopsis: [[AOL]]'s [[Moviefone]] website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- (2013-02-01). "Girls Against Boys (2012) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie.
- (December 13, 2011}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link). "Morena Baccarin on ''The Late Late Show'' with Craig Ferguson".
- (24 October 2013}}{{dead link). "Morena Baccarin Welcomes Son". [[People (magazine).
- (7 July 2015). "Homeland Actress Morena Baccarin's Husband Files for Divorce". [[People (magazine).
- Gomez, Patrick. (September 21, 2015). "Gotham's Morena Baccarin and Benjamin McKenzie Dating". People.
- Lovece, Frank. (September 28, 2015). "Morena Baccarin, Ben McKenzie plan to marry, her divorce docs say". [[Newsday]].
- (March 18, 2016). "Morena Baccarin Officially Divorced". [[E! News]].
- (January 9, 2018). "Morena Baccarin Settles Custody Battle with Ex-Husband Austin Chick".
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