---
name: "Austin Wintory"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/austin-wintory"
fi1m_id: "austin-wintory"
imdb_id: "nm2395325"
tmdb_id: 939612
wikidata_id: "Q2582691"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "9 September 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T19:47:12.926035+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Austin Wintory

## Identity

Austin Wintory

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/austin-wintory
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** austin-wintory
- **IMDb ID:** nm2395325
- **TMDB ID:** 939612
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2582691
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Wintory, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2582691, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2395325/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/939612

Composer. Born 9 September 1984 in Denver.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 9 September 1984, Denver
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Wintory, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2582691, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2395325/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/939612

## Biography

Austin Wintory is an American composer for film and video games. Born in Denver, Colorado, he studied composition at New York University before transferring to the film scoring programme at the University of Southern California, where he met game developer Jenova Chen.

He began scoring games in the mid-2000s, including *Flow* (2006) and the widely acclaimed *Journey* (2012), the only video game soundtrack nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. His film credits include *Grace* (2009), *Tales of Halloween* (2015), *Standoff* (2016), *Bullet Head* (2017), *The Last Movie Star* (2018), *Born a Champion* (2021), *One Shot* (2021) and *One More Shot* (2024). He composed the score for *The Brink of War* (2026).

Wintory has received two BAFTA awards and multiple nominations, three Grammy nominations and numerous industry awards for his work across games and film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Brink of War* (2026), Fi1m 38, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-brink-of-war.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Brink of War* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-brink-of-war.md)
- *Hungry* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Natural Six* (2024), series, as Vortex
- *One More Shot* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Chowchilla* (2023), Music
- *Type 1* (2023), Music
- *Conti* (2023), Music
- *Thai Cave Rescue* (2022), series, Music
- *A Violent Man* (2022), Music
- *One Shot* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Born a Champion* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Tread* (2020), Music
- *Sangin* (2019), Music
- *The Last Movie Star* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *4EVR* (2018), Music
- *Bullet Head* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *After the Sun Fell* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Rendezvous* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Standoff* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Aiko* (2016), Music
- *Mercury Plains* (2016), Music
- *Tales of Halloween* (2015), Music
- *Fun Size Horror: Volume One* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Dark Summer* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Strangely in Love* (2014), Music
- *Aftermath* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Inverse* (2014), Music
- *The War Around Us* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Grief Tourist* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Forge* (2013), Music
- *Vessel* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Home Run Showdown* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Junction* (2012), Music
- *Playing House* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Majid* (2010), Music
- *A Little Help* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *A Moth in Spring* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The River Why* (2010), Music
- *Grace* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Alpha Males Experiment* (2009), Music
- *Print* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *3-Day Weekend* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Captain Abu Raed* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Back Soon* (2007), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Austin Wintory speaking at the Game Developers Conference 2024.](https://film.one/media/person/3808479/gallery-0d6a8ffc27b3.jpg) Austin Wintory speaking at the Game Developers Conference 2024. — Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Austin_Wintory%2C_GDC_2024_%28D3_KT2_3293%29.jpg/1280px-Austin_Wintory%2C_GDC_2024_%28D3_KT2_3293%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Austin Wintory](https://film.one/media/person/3808479/gallery-49cbba839d58.jpg) Austin Wintory — Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Austin_Wintory%2C_GDC_2024_%28D3_KT2_3297%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg/1280px-Austin_Wintory%2C_GDC_2024_%28D3_KT2_3297%29_%28cropped_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Austin Wintory speaking at the Game Developers Conference 2024.](https://film.one/media/person/3808479/gallery-fb56e0f31984.jpg) Austin Wintory speaking at the Game Developers Conference 2024. — Official GDC, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Austin_Wintory%2C_GDC_2024_%28D3_KT2_3726%29.jpg/1280px-Austin_Wintory%2C_GDC_2024_%28D3_KT2_3726%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Austin Wintory speaking at the 2023 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/3808479/gallery-2eec29d47f2a.jpg) Austin Wintory speaking at the 2023 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Austin_Wintory_%2852776675990%29.jpg/1280px-Austin_Wintory_%2852776675990%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Austin Wintory speaking at the 2023 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/3808479/gallery-bda665e59459.jpg) Austin Wintory speaking at the 2023 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Austin_Wintory_%2852776745408%29.jpg/1280px-Austin_Wintory_%2852776745408%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Austin Wintory speaking at the 2023 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/3808479/gallery-bb567cb74c19.jpg) Austin Wintory speaking at the 2023 WonderCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Austin_Wintory_%2852776521339%29.jpg/1280px-Austin_Wintory_%2852776521339%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/austin-wintory