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{{Short description|American film director, screenwriter and film producer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Austin Chick
| image = Austin Chick by David Shankbone.jpg
| caption = Chick in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}
| birth_place = [[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| other_names =
| known_for = ''[[XX/XY]]'' (2002)<br>[[August (2008 film)|''August'']] (2008)
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, film producer
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Morena Baccarin]]<br>|2011|2016|reason=divorced}}
| children = 1
| homepage =
}}
'''Austin Chick''' (born 1971)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2bc6752cc7 | title=Austin Chick | publisher=[[British Film Institute]] | accessdate=September 28, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230030453/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2bc6752cc7 | archive-date=December 30, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> is an American film director, screenwriter and producer, who made the film ''[[XX/XY]]'', released in 2002, and ''[[August (2008 film)|August]]'', which premiered at the 2008 [[Sundance Film Festival]].

==Early life==
Although born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], Chick moved to New Hampshire as a youngster.<ref name="freewilliamsburg">[http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/may_2003/austin-chick.html Austin Chick The Brooklyn Director of XX/YY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015518/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/may_2003/austin-chick.html |date=September 24, 2015 }}, FreeWilliamsburg.com website, May 2003</ref> In the late 1980s<ref name="freewilliamsburg" /> he attended high school at [[High Mowing School]], a boarding school in Wilton, NH. He went on to [[Sarah Lawrence College]] in [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]], where he specialized in literature and [[psychology]] with the aid of grants from the King Foundation.<ref name="zinema">{{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.</ref> 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:.

{{quote|I wanted to be doing something that was a little bit more, I don’t know, populist? More accessible. I felt like a narrative interested me, and it wasn’t until I saw ''Kings of the Road'' that I realized that film was a place that might make sense for me.<ref name=elder>[[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}}</ref>}}

In 1998,<ref name="zinema" /> Chick graduated in [[cinematography]]<ref>[http://www.dvdfuture.com/features.php?id=20 More on education and graduation]: ''DVD Future'' website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.</ref> from [[State University of New York at Purchase|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.<ref>[http://www.qwipster.net/xxxy.htm ''XX/XY (2002)''] film review: ''Qwipster.net'' website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.</ref> It was an independent production, which was shown at the 2002 [[Sundance Film Festival]] (where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/xxxy Grand Jury Prize nomination], 2002 [[Sundance Film Festival]]: [[Metacritic]] website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.</ref>) and subsequently taken up by [[IFC Films]].<ref name="freewilliamsburg" />

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 (2008 film)|August]]'', which was released by [http://www.contentmediacorp.com/about/ ContentFilm International] in 2008. The cast list is headed by [[Josh Hartnett]], and features [[Adam Scott (actor)|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.<ref>[http://movies.aol.com/movie/august-2008/32514/synopsis ''August (2008)''] synopsis: [[AOL]]'s [[Moviefone]] website. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.</ref> Chick directed the film and was also executive producer.

In 2012, he wrote and directed ''[[Girls Against Boys (film)|Girls Against Boys]]'' (starring [[Danielle Panabaker]] and [[Nicole LaLiberte]]). It was released by [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/girls-against-boys-v558452 |title=Girls Against Boys (2012) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast |publisher=AllMovie |date=2013-02-01 |accessdate=2013-09-21}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Chick married actress [[Morena Baccarin]] over [[Thanksgiving]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT2E5s8Gzwc|title=Morena Baccarin on ''The Late Late Show'' with Craig Ferguson|website=[[YouTube]] |date=December 13, 2011}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> Their son Julius was born October 22, 2013, in [[Glendale, California]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anya Leon |first1=Anya|title=Morena Baccarin Welcomes Son Julius|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/10/24/homeland-morena-baccarin-welcomes-son-julius|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date= 24 October 2013}}</ref> Chick filed for divorce in July 2015, citing irreconcilable differences.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rayford Rubenstein|first1=Janine|title=Homeland Actress Morena Baccarin's Husband Files for Divorce|url=http://www.people.com/article/morena-baccarin-divorce-austin-chick|accessdate= July 6, 2015|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date= 7 July 2015}}</ref> 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 three-and-a-half months pregnant with McKenzie's child.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/gothams-morena-baccarin-and-ben-mckenzie-are-dating/|title= Gotham's Morena Baccarin and Benjamin McKenzie Dating|first=Patrick|last=Gomez|work=People|date=September 21, 2015|access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/morena-baccarin-ben-mckenzie-plan-to-marry-her-divorce-docs-say-1.10901031| title=Morena Baccarin, Ben McKenzie plan to marry, her divorce docs say|date=September 28, 2015 |access-date=September 28, 2015| work=[[Newsday]] | author-link=Frank Lovece| first= Frank|last=Lovece|quote=In court documents quoted Monday by TMZ.com and others, Baccarin in her divorce proceedings with filmmaker Austin Chick says, "Today, I am in a new committed relationship. I am planning to re-marry. Also, I am 3 1/2 months pregnant."}}</ref> On 2 March 2016, Baccarin and McKenzie's daughter was born.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/03/10/exclusive-morena-baccarin-ben-mckenzie-welcome-baby-girl/81623128/ |title=Exclusive: Morena Baccarin, Ben McKenzie welcome baby girl |first=Andrea |last=Mandell |work=[[USA Today]] |date=March 11, 2016 |access-date=March 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313152400/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/03/10/exclusive-morena-baccarin-ben-mckenzie-welcome-baby-girl/81623128/ |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 18 March 2016, Baccarin and Chick's divorce became official.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/750041/morena-baccarin-and-austin-chick-are-officially-divorced|title= Morena Baccarin Officially Divorced|publisher= [[E! News]]|date= March 18, 2016|access-date= March 20, 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0157222}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090830104324/http://www.thedoomedplanet.com/view.cfm?id=82 Austin Chick's first student film]

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[[Category:Sarah Lawrence College alumni]]
[[Category:American male screenwriters]]
[[Category:Film producers from Connecticut]]
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[[Category:People from Hartford, Connecticut]]
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[[Category:Waldorf school alumni]]
[[Category:Film directors from New York City]]
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