Austin McCormick is the Founder, Choreographer, and Artistic Director of COMPANY XIV. Austin was the winner of the 2011 Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Grant from Opera America for new Directors in Opera. He was the winner of the 2010 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Choreography. Austin was named one of the most BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE of 2011 by Paper Magazine and a NY STYLE ICON by Time Out NY. He was the first winner of the SUSAN BRAUN grant award from Dance Films Association, his films have toured internationally to Amsterdam, London, Budapest, Latvia, and France. His short film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Dance on Camera Festival Lincoln Center.