Biography
Michael Austin is a British writer and director. His screenwriting credits include The Shout (1978), Five Days One Summer (1982) and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). The last of these received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
He also wrote and directed the films Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother (1989) and Princess Caraboo (1994). Earlier in his career he worked as an assistant director and as associate producer on The Shout.
