Austin Lewis is a Richmond-based creative producer, director, and editor. He completed his M.F.A. in Filmmaking through Maryland Institute College of Art in 2023. More recently, he was voted Best Filmmaker in Style Weekly's Best of Richmond 2026 readers' poll.
Austin has worked over a decade in video, film, and audio with clients including Modlin Center for the Arts, VCU Health, Riggs Ward Design, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Austin runs his own production company Artisan Creative Production, LLC. His major film credits include producing, co-writing, directing and editing WILDMAN (2023, Winner of Best Virginia Film at Virginia Queer Film Festival and Best LGBTQ+ at Georgia Shorts Festival) producing, writing, directing, and editing People Don’t Die in the Comics Anymore (2019), and producing and co-directing the feature film Shanidar (2025, Winner of Best Cinematography - Chicago Women's Film Festival).