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Use the College of Communication's simple and quick form to update your alumni information and let us know what you are up to. Or send us an e-mail at rtf-department@austin.utexas.edu, we enjoy receiving news and information from our alumni and welcome your ideas and suggestions on how we can better serve you and keep you up to date on what is happening in the Department.

Alumni Profiles
 

Read the Graduate Alumni Profiles to see what RTF grads are up to now.

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Support the Department

Students of the Department of Radio-Television-Film benefit directly from the gifts of caring donors. Gifts and donations provide students with the scholarships that make it possible to go to college, and with the facilities that optimize learning and make it more enjoyable. All gifts translate into opportunities for students to become better people and professionals.

There are many ways to support the Department of Radio-TV-Film, some of which may even allow donors to provide more than they realize they could. Gifts to Radio-Television-Film may be made as donations of unrestricted support or as support for a specific purpose that you designate. Private support encourages innovation and provides new opportunities. It makes possible undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, endowed professorships, and state of the art facilities. Through major gifts, our Department is able to pursue new programs and initiatives that our existing funding may not make possible.

How To Give

With a credit card, you can help support the Department by giving unrestricted donations to the RTF general fund, the scholarship fund, or the annual Hollywood Showcase. Visit the College of Communication online gift page here, and select the area of need to which to give.

If you wish to make a contribution by check, you may do so by making it payable to The University of Texas at Austin.  Please indicate whether you wish to support a particular program or if your gift is unrestricted.

Mail your check to:

Department of Radio-TV-Film
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station A0800
Austin, TX 78712

If you have questions, please feel free to contact us. Thank you again, for your support.

Notable Alumni

• Hector Amaya (assistant professor, University of Virginia)
• Bryan Bertino (writer, director; The Strangers)
• Peggy Chiao (writer, producer, founder of Golden Horse Film Festival)
• Christian Christiansen (professor; A&M University)
• Carolyn Cunningham, (Gonzaga University)
• Brian Davidson (writer; "CSI")
• Jewel Evans (diplomatic representative; U.S. State Department)
• Martha Fuentes-Bautista (assistant professor; University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
• Bruce Hendricks (president of physical production; Walt Disney Studios)
• Omar Hernandez (professor, ITESM University, Mexico)
• Becky Lentz (associate professor, McGill University)
• Greg Lowe (University of Finland)
• Matthew McConaughey (actor, A Time To Kill, Contact, We Are Marshall)
• Tom McCourt (professor; Fordham University)
• Cynthia Meyers (associate professor, College of Mount Saint Vincent)
• John Moore (Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist)
• Jennifer Petersen (assistant professor, University of Virginia)
• Anita Prewett (senior grants/contracts specialist, UT School of Social Work)
• Robert Rodriguez (director, producer; Sin City, Spy Kids, Desperado)
• David Rodowick (professor, Harvard University)
• Laura Saponara (communications director, ACLU of North Carolina)
• Harmeet Sawhney (professor; Indiana University)
• Thomas Schlamme (director, producer; "The West Wing," "Studio 60")
• Mike Simpson (William Morris Endeavors Entertainment)
• Sean Smith (creator, writer; "Greek")
• Lev Spiro (director; "Weeds," "Everybody Hates Chris," "Arrested Development")
• LuChing Sung (international satellite negotiating team member; U.S. NTIA)
• Rahdi Taylor (associate director, Sundance Film Program)
• Beau Thorne (writer; Max Payne)
• Rob Walker (New York Times columnist; "Consumed")

UT Industry Alumni

• Wes Anderson (director, screenwriter; The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Bottle Rocket)
• Farrah Fawcett (actress; "Charlie's Angels")
• Eli Wallach (actor; Baby Doll, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)
• Owen Wilson (actor; screenwriter; The Royal Tenenbaums, Wedding Crashers, Starsky & Hutch)
• Renee Zellweger (actress; Bridget Jones's Diary, Cold Mountain, Jerry Maguire)