Austin McKinney

{{short description|American cinematographer and film editor}}

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Austin McKinney is an American cinematographer and film editor.

Austin McKinney has mentored James Cameron during his days as production design with Roger Corman in Galaxy of Terror (1981),{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1-D-Zv3V4oC&pg=PR27 |title=James Cameron: Interviews |first=James |last=Cameron |author-link=James Cameron |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |year=2012 |page=27 |isbn=9781617031311 |editor-first=Brent |editor-last=Dunham}} and Jack Canon's side gig penning dozens of spy novels.{{cite web |url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/69940/axe-kidnapped-coed/ |title=Axe / Kidnapped Coed (Blu-ray) |first=Adam |last=Tyner |date=19 December 2015 |access-date=29 April 2019 |work=DVD Talk}}

He worked along Don Jones in The Love Butcher (1975), by Mikel Angel.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AIgAef-bAcC&pg=PA218 |title=Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008 |first=Bruce G. |last=Hallenbeck |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=11 August 2009 |page=218 |isbn=9780786453788}} He had worked with David L. Hewitt, and later served as a visual effects cinematographer on Galaxy of Terror (1981), Jaws 3-D (1983), The Terminator (1984) and Night of the Comet (1984).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSH25LXGOksC&pg=PA274 |title=Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews |first=Brian |last=Albright |publisher=McFarland Publishing |date=19 October 2012 |page=274 |isbn=9780786472277}}