Steven Kent Austin

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Steven Kent Austin is an American actor and producer of small-budget independent films. He also directed a film version of Route 66 . He was chairman, chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the now defunct TAG Entertainment Corp, which he founded in 1999, [1] [2] and owner of American Film Ventures, LLC. [3]

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Biography

Austin travelled with his parents to the Palm Springs area where they became involved in the Hollywood entertainment industry. For much of his life, Austin was based in the Santa Monica and sometimes in the Salt Lake City areas.

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References

  1. TAG Entertainment entry in a Reuters investment site
  2. TAG Entertainment entry in the Businessweek stock report
  3. IRS Archived September 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine