Amazing! Three of the 10 semifinalists for the 2025 Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award Humanitas prize are from @utaustin.bsky.social ! Congrats to MFA students Cody Rea, Aaron Lopez, and Yeajoon Cho! www.humanitasprize.org/2025colleges...

Want to learn about how Texas media industry professionals are active in a range of distribution and exhibition activities across film, television, streaming, and podcasting? Check out the latest installment in our podcast series! cc @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social

Can't wait! Join us next week (Thursday-Sunday) for End of Semester Student Film Screenings! rtf.utexas.edu/news/spring-...

We are saddened to hear of the passing of renowned director/producer, Emmy-winner, DGA Award-winner, and @utaustin.bsky.social alum, Don Mischer. In the fall, RTF students were inspired by Mischer, who generously shared wisdom he had gleaned from his remarkable career. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

We’re excited to announce the Karch Gaming Institute, made possible by a generous gift from Matt Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive, to help shape the next generation of creative gaming leaders.

Please join us for a screenwriting showcase from our second-year MFA screenwriting students, April 29. All are welcome. events.moody.utexas.edu/events/2nd-y...

Save the date for spring 2025 RTF End of Semester Screenings: May 1–4! rtf.utexas.edu/news/spring-...

Great time last night celebrating @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social 20th year in LA! #hookem

Congrats to #UTRTF 2025 @scmstudies.bsky.social Media Industry SIG award winners: Kathryn Hartzell, Graduate Student Writing Award; PhD alum Kevin Sanson, CEMI Prize for Outstanding Book in Media Industry Studies; and PhD alum Courtney Brannon Donoghue, honorable mention! shorturl.at/lp49S

We are celebrating 20 years of UTLA! For two decades, the UT in Los Angeles program has helped students kick-start careers in the entertainment industry. Hear from alumni about how they launched their careers from the program! moody.utexas.edu/news/celebra...

#MoodyPride: We are thrilled to announce that QS World University Rankings has ranked Moody College as the No. 1 public university among communication and media studies programs and the No. 3 worldwide for 2025! 🤘 Learn more: moody.utexas.edu/news/moody-t...

Exciting news! The University of Texas at Austin is proud to be among the global university programs, screenwriting labs, and filmmaker programs partnering with the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program to help identify possible Nicholl fellows. www.indiewire.com/news/general...

Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth by watching Professor Nancy Schiesari’s documentary, “Citizens at Last,” this coming Monday, 3/17, at 9.00 pm! austinpbs.org/program/37321 Download the PBS app and stream the film on a smart device!

ICYMI: RSVP for this Friday's free UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase, screening at 4 pm at AFS Cinema. Earlybirds get free popcorn and candy on us! rtf.utexas.edu/news/2025-ut...

SXSW starts on Friday! Keep up with #UTatSXSW activities: rtf.utexas.edu/news/ut-rtf-... #SXSW @sxsw.com

Can't wait! Today at 4 pm, filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples will show her award-winning film, "Miss Juneteenth" and discuss it with MFA students Fatima Wardy, Musila Munuve, & Benji Unanaowo as part of the Janet Staiger Lecture on Gender & Sexuality. events.moody.utexas.edu/events/janet...

RTF Professor / UTNY Executive Director @noahisenberg.bsky.social's book review of Kenneth Turan's "Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation," is now out in The American Scholar. theamericanscholar.org/in-the-lions...

Quoted in #NYT! When a film preservation student discovered a 16 mm print of the lost 1922 silent film, "The Heart of Lincoln" by Francis Ford, @nytimes.com consulted Francis Ford expert, #UTRTF Prof. @kathyfs.bsky.social. Check out the story! tinyurl.com/sx8rc5hz @texasmoody.bsky.social

This April, @scmstudies.bsky.social will be recognizing #UTRTF scholars: Prof. Emeritus Janet Staiger: Distinguished Career Achievement Award; Maggie Steinhauer (PhD student): Distinguished Service Award; & Pete Johnson (PhD student): 3rd pl, Student Writing Award! www.cmstudies.org/page/2025_aw...

The 97th Academy Award nominations are official! We are so proud of our alumni involved in these films! MFA alum Monique Walton produced #SingSing, which has been nominated for 3 Oscars, and BS alum Drew Daniels was the cinematographer for #Anora, which racked up 6 noms, including Best Picture!

#MoodyPride: We are thrilled to announce that Deb Lewis has been recognized as the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award recipient! Nominated by their students, this award honors one Moody College faculty member for outstanding teaching. Congratulations, Deb! You've earned it! 🤘

#TEXASMoody screenwriting students are shaping the future of TV and film! The MFA screenwriting program draws people in based on its reputation. The two-year, 42-hour program is designed for creatives passionate about storytelling. Hear from students of the program: bit.ly/moodyscreenwriting25

Kudos to RTF alum Andrew Wang, Head of TV at JuVee Productions! Amazon Prime has greenlit their latest project, an adaptation of Julie C. Dao’s book series, "Rise of the Empress." deadline.com/2025/01/rise...

A new collection that Prof. Kathy Fuller Seeley helped restore of short silent films from director/actor Francis Ford—the older brother of legendary filmmaker John Ford—along with a short doc she made about Ford’s career, will screen at Museum of Modern Art on 1/14! www.moma.org/calendar/eve...

CEMI's winter newsletter is out! We're so happy you joined us for a busy fall full of speakers, events, and outstanding scholarship. A big thank you to @utexasrtf.bsky.social, @texasmoody.bsky.social, and @misig-scms.bsky.social for helping make it happen! mailchi.mp/23ad5dae44d8...

The MIC Podcast is back for the spring semester!! Join us on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/7ATp...) and Soundcloud (soundcloud.com/rtfmic/brent...) every other Wednesday, starting with this week's episode with Brent Weinstein, Chief Development Officer at Candle Media!

Congrats to BS alum Drew Daniels on receiving a #BAFTA nom for Cinematography for #Anora. The feature received 9 nominations, including Best Film! Congrats also to MFA alum Monique Walton: #SingSing, which she produced, received 3 nominations! @texasmoody.bsky.social www.bafta.org/stories/long...

"Shogun" takes home four #goldenglobe awards, including best drama television series! We are so proud of @utaustin.bsky.social MFA alum and co-showrunner Rachel Kondo! www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sh... @texasmoody.bsky.social

This fall was an exciting one for CEMI, including a Texas Media Industries symposium, great speakers & more. Check out our newsletter + interview w/CEMI book award winner, Connor Ryan, author of Lagos Never Spoils. @texasmoody.bsky.social @misig-scms.bsky.social @utexasrtf.bsky.social

We are sad to learn about the passing of actress Jill Jacobson (BS '76). We send our deepest condolences to Jill's family. ktla.com/entertainmen...

UTNY is celebrating 5 years of making dreams come true in the city that never sleeps! To date, UTNY has served 525 Longhorns and its sixth year will promise even greater growth! We spoke to several UTNY alumni about their experience in the program. Here’s what they had to say. bit.ly/utny5years

Join us this weekend for End-of-Semester Screenings (Thursday, 12/12–Saturday, 12/14). Free and open to all! rtf.utexas.edu/news/fall-20...

"Sing Sing" producer Monique Walton (MFA Production alum) recently sat on The Hollywood Reporter producer’s roundtable w/ Amy Pascal (Challengers), Lucy Fisher (Gladiator II), Mary Parent (Dune: Part Two), Samantha Quan (Anora), & Tessa Ross (Conclave). www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/amy-pa...

#TEXASMoody's Glen Powell is featured in the Hollywood issue of @vanityfair.com! Want to know his secret? "I try to think audience first, rather than me first." Learn more about Hollywood's most bankable new star on struggle and strategy. bit.ly/glenpowellVF

Still from the UT MFA short film (16 mm VISION3!) “Half Past Seven”, Dir. Shira Chait, with Sibonelo Shezi. #ActorsLife. #TexasActor. #AustinActor. #TexasFilm. #AustinFilm. #StudentFilm. #KodakVision3. #UTexasRTF. @utexasrtf.bsky.social

We are so proud! Nicole Chi’s (MFA Production '23) thesis film, "Los Mosquitos," was 1 of 6 winners for The Gotham’s Focus Feature/JetBlue Student Short Film Showcase! The short also won a Princess Grace Award for student filmmaking. www.focusfeatures.com/article/winn... @texasmoody.bsky.social

“It’s a continuum of 'there’s this IP you can mine'...” Professor Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social is quoted in this Los Angeles Times article, “The year of the ‘lega-sequel’: What ‘Gladiator II’ and ‘Twisters’ say about Hollywood.” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Join us in December (12th-14th) to watch this semester's student films and digital works! Free and open to the public. We hope to see you there! rtf.utexas.edu/news/fall-20...