Writer & Producer, Give Me Liberty

Alice Austen

Austen’s current film projects include: GIVE ME LIBERTY, writer/producer with Mikhanovsky (Sundance 2019, Cannes 2019 Director’s Fortnight); JIMMY SALVADOR, writer/producer (2018 Rainin Finalist); EMILIE, writer (2017 Sundance Sloan Finalist); and THE MERCY SEAT, writer with director Alix Delaporte (2016 Official Selection Toronto Co-Production Market Workshop).. Among Austen’s theatrical projects are: GIRLS IN THE BOAT (premiered Dec. 2018), BOLSHOI (upcoming) with Simon Shuster (Time Magazine) and the critically acclaimed hit adaptation of Orwell’s ANIMAL FARM (Steppenwolf Theatre; Chicago Tribune four star notable production). Austen has received Residencies from Film Independent and the Royal Court (London), Goodman and Steppenwolf Theatres, among others, and her work has been honored with the Richard Vague Film Prize, Terrence McNally Award – Premiere Five, Women at the Door Award, Joseph Jefferson Award Nominee for Best New Work, Sundance Sloan Finalist, on Kilroy’s “The List”, and Sundance Institute Skywalker Sound Lab. Austen studied law and Creative Writing at Harvard University.  A former international lawyer and human rights lawyer, Austen represented Vaclav Havel’s Czech Republic.  She founded Give Me Liberty Productions with Mikhanovsky in 2015.