AUSTIN STRAUB

(he/they) is an Emmy®-winning cinematographer and Los Angeles-based member of IATSE local 600. Austin’s work spans the gamut of the industry – from theatrical feature films, to television documentary series on Apple TV+, Disney+ and PBS, to commercial productions for brands like Target, Sony Playstation, Four Seasons Hotels, and La Marzocco, as well as handheld operating on multicam concert films for HBO, Amazon, and Apple. He thrives in intimate, human stories bathed in naturalistic light, where the camera is just as much a part of the scene as the characters.

They recently shot and produced the feature length documentary Out of Plain Sight which premiered at DOCNYC in late 2024, and has since won the Audience Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Shared Earth Foundation Award at the Environmental Film Festival in The Nation’s Capital, the Best Feature Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival, the Audience Award + an Honorable Mention by the jury at Berkshire International Film Festival, and a Special Jury Award at Mendocino Film Festival.

Austin is passionate about demystifying the “intangibles” of image aesthetic and believes that the latest generation of digital capture devices opens up a new playground to become look authors rather than look shoppers (the work and research of Steve Yedlin, ASC being a big influence).

When he’s not behind the camera, you’ll probably find him above 10,000 feet in the Eastern Sierra backcountry, or scheming up the next passion project with his brother and close collaborator Daniel Straub.