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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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...

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2025 College Screenwriting Awards Placements — Humanitas

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

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...

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Don Mischer, Prolific Live Event Director and 15-Time Emmy Winner, Dies at 85

Don Mischer, a prolific live event director and 15-time Emmy winner, died April 11

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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.

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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

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David J. Neff @daveiam.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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

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On behalf of the Media Industries SIG: Announcing Media Industries SIG Writing Awards

Email from Society for Cinema and Media Studies Announcing Media Industries SIG Writing Awards This email is being sent on behalf of the Media Industries SIG Dear Colleagues, It was a joy and a pleasu

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Moody College of Communication @texasmoody.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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...

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Moody College of Communication @texasmoody.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

#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...

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

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...

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The Academy Now Runs Nicholl Fellowship Submissions Through Global Program Partners

The Academy has now partnered will global university programs, screenwriting labs, and filmmaker programs for its prestigious Nicholl fellowship.

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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!

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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...

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2025 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase

Reserve your free ticket!

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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...

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Janet Staiger Lecture in Gender and Sexuality Filmmaker Screening and Talk: Channing Godfrey Peoples, “Miss Juneteenth”

Filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples is the guest speaker for RTF's annual Janet Staiger Lecture in Gender and Sexuality. She will screen her critically acclaimed film, “Miss Juneteenth,” and then discu...

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

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...

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In the Lions’ Studio - The American Scholar

A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

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...

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2025 SCMS Awards

Join us as we honor this year's outstanding achievements during the Award Ceremony in Chicago on Saturday evening, April 5, 2025, at 7:15 PM CT. Don't miss this special opportunity to celebrate the remarkable work of our community.

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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!

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Moody College of Communication @texasmoody.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

#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! 🤘

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Moody College of Communication @texasmoody.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

#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

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

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...

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The Craving. 1918. Written and directed by Francis Ford, John Ford The Post Telegrapher. 1912. Directed by Francis Ford | MoMA

The Craving. 1918. USA. Written and directed by Francis Ford, John Ford. With Francis Ford, Mae Gaston, Peter Gerald. Silent. New York premiere. Silent. 50 min. The Post Telegrapher. 1912. USA. Direct...

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Center for Entertainment and Media Industries @utcemi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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...

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Closing a busy semester at CEMI

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Center for Entertainment and Media Industries @utcemi.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

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!

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

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...

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Longlists, 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards - Bafta

View the official longlist for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards. Winners announced Sunday 16 February at the ceremony hosted by David Tennant.

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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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

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Moody College of Communication @texasmoody.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

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

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Longhorns take over the Big Apple

UTNY celebrates five years of making dreams come true in the city that never sleeps

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"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...

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Amy Pascal, Lucy Fisher, Mary Parent, Monique Walton, Samantha Quan and Tessa Ross at the THR Producers Roundtable | THR Video

Amy Pascal, Lucy Fisher, Mary Parent, Monique Walton, Samantha Quan and Tessa Ross join THR's Producers Roundtable.

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Moody College of Communication @texasmoody.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

#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

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Glen Powell’s Secret: “I Try to Think Audience First, Rather Than Me First”

Hollywood’s most bankable new star on struggle and strategy.

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Daniel Norton @danielnortonactor.com · 25/11/2024

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

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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

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The Gotham Announces Winners of 6th Annual Focus Features & JetBlue Student Short Film Showcase

Winners were recognized at the 34th annual Gotham Awards Ceremony, taking place Monday, December 2, 2024.

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

“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...

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The year of the 'lega-sequel': What 'Gladiator II' and 'Twisters' say about Hollywood

From 'Twisters' to 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,' decades-later sequels have scored big at the box office. Will 'Gladiator II' continue the trend?

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UT Radio-Television-Film Department @utexasrtf.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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...

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