Austin Amelio

Acting

Austin Amelio

Born 1988-04-27 · Austin, Texas, USA

Austin Amelio (born April 27, 1988) is an American actor best known for his role as Dwight in The Walking Dead, its spin-off Fear the Walking Dead, and his role as Nesbit on Everybody Wants Some!!

Acting credits

Hokum poster
6.9

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

Hokum

2026

Hit Man poster
6.8

A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.

Hit Man

2024

The Weight poster
NR

When Samuel is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he’ll win his freedom.

The Weight

2026

Song to Song poster
5.5

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.

Song to Song

2017

Everybody Wants Some!! poster
6.4

A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

Everybody Wants Some!!

2016

Broke poster
7.1

A bronc rider in denial about his fading rodeo career battles against brain injury and a sudden blizzard while reflecting on how it became so difficult to achieve his dreams.

Broke

2025

Bunnylovr poster
5.7

A drifting Chinese American cam girl struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her dying estranged father.

Bunnylovr

2026

No artwork available
NR

Following the true story of U.S. Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and his fight to the death to save his fellow soldiers during the 2002 Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan. Years later, an intelligence officer works to prove his valor, leading an investigation that would ultimately secure Chapman the Medal of Honor.

Alone at Dawn

Family Movie poster
NR

The Smiths have gathered once again on their quaint family farm to make the latest in a string of low-budget horror movies. No, the movies aren't particularly "successful." Some might even call them "bad." But at least the family is together, and that's what matters to Jack and Ellen. Their adult children, on the other hand - Trent and Ula - are working up the courage to leave this particular family tradition behind. Simmering family dysfunction turns to pure chaos when a real dead body shows up on set. Can they come together to keep the movie on track, or will this be the Smith family's final act?

Family Movie

2027

Mercy Black poster
6.0

A woman is sent to a mental institution after stabbing her classmate in an attempt to conjure an evil spirit called, Mercy Black. Fifteen years later she's released, and must save her nephew, who has become obsessed with the phenomenon.

Mercy Black

2019

Holler poster
6.0

In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way. Together, they spend one brutal winter working the scrap yards during the day and stealing valuable metal from the once thriving factories by night. With her goal in sight, Ruth finds that the ultimate cost of an education for a girl like her may be more than she bargained for, and she soon finds herself torn between a promising future and the family she would leave behind.

Holler

2021

No Future poster
5.8

After the tragic overdose of his estranged friend, Will, a recovering addict, returns home, where he is reunited with Claire, his friend's grieving mother, with whom he begins a secret but volatile affair.

No Future

2021

The Free World poster
6.2

Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.

The Free World

2016

Deliverance Creek poster
5.0

At the end of the Civil War, Belle Gatlin Barlowe, a widowed mother of three, faces uncertainty as she attempts to defend her family's land by any means necessary. When the corrupt local bank pushes Belle into becoming an outlaw, the stakes become personal, setting off a chain of events that force her to question whether it's better to be lawful or to survive.

Deliverance Creek

2014

Cabin Crew poster
NR

A crew of wanna be outlaws bent on saving their friend's life retreat to a family cabin after a bank heist and soon discover that when it comes to crime, they should leave it to the professionals - the police.

Cabin Crew

2017

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny poster
6.8

Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film reveals the path traveled by the auteur from his small-town Texas roots to his warm reception on the awards circuit. Long before he directed Boyhood, Richard Linklater’s intense desire to create fueled his work outside the Hollywood system. Rather than leave Texas, he chose to collaborate with like-minded artists crafting modest, low-budget films in a DIY style. His ability to showcase realistic characters and tell honest stories was evident from his films, and others soon took notice of his raw talent.

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

2016

The Reunion poster
NR

An old-money family gathers at their estate to celebrate the matriarch’s birthday—but their real intention is to send her off to a nursing home and begin scheming over her inheritance.

The Reunion

2024

Putting the Dog to Sleep poster
NR

A bereaved man copes with a burdensome past and realizes he is inextricably linked to it.

Putting the Dog to Sleep

2016

No artwork available
NR

Flame-out writer Eddy O’Neill battles a looming deadline, a murky criminal conspiracy, and a questionable understanding of the investigatory benefits of alcohol, while tracking a kidnapped lover through the streets of Austin. After an encounter with the enigmatic figure of Daisy Kowalsky leads to witnessing a double murder, his search for a story then spirals into a surreal, deadly game of cat and mouse.

Deep Eddy

Lovebug poster
0.5

On a rainy night, a mysterious woman enters a stranger's motel room looking for something she left behind.

Lovebug

2025

Apples & Oranges poster
NR

A coming of age story about River, a preteen girl living in a trailer park in rural Texas, who is left alone for the evening and is forced to confront her abuser. Although she is isolated, she gathers strength from the lessons she has learned from her mother and grandmother.

Apples & Oranges

2018

The Laundromat Off Malibu poster
5.0

A live-action, psychological thriller short film set in a small, run-down laundromat located off Malibu’s Pacific Coast Highway. The story follows the mysterious Sarah, a staff worker, and her interactions with Jason Cormack, a customer who hides a dark secret. As we find out more about Jason’s past and his reasons for being there, we realize that the laundromat is not what it appears to be.

The Laundromat Off Malibu

2021