---
name: "Michael Austin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-austin"
fi1m_id: "michael-austin"
imdb_id: "nm0042472"
tmdb_id: 67756
wikidata_id: "Q22117261"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 May 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:47:37.807411+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."
---

# Michael Austin

## Identity

Michael Austin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-austin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-austin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0042472
- **TMDB ID:** 67756
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22117261
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22117261, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042472/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67756

Writer. Born 1 May 1949.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 May 1949
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22117261, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042472/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67756

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md) (65)

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## 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*.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), Fi1m 65, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Princess Caraboo* (1994), Director, Writer
- *Killing Dad* (1989), Director, Writer
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)
- *Five Days One Summer* (1982), Writer
- *The Shout* (1978), Screenplay, Associate Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1985: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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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/michael-austin