Audio Sessions
HARVEY WEINSTEIN
DAVID SIMON
MATT STONE
STEVE BUSCEMI
SPIKE LEE
KEVIN SMITH
MARK CUBAN
GUS VAN SANT
JOE DANTE
CHARLES BURNETT
John Pierson’s Master Class brings in renowned guests from the film and television industry to visit with RTF students, the University community, and select members of the Austin Film Society. Members of the Master Class do extensive background research on several of the film industry guests and help instructor John Pierson prepare for the interviews.
SPRING SCHEDULE
Feb 9 – MIKE JUDGE, director of “Office Space” and creator of “Beavis & Butthead” and “King of the Hill”
Feb 16 – TIM McCANLIES, Austin filmmaker whose broad body of work includes writing the acclaimed animated feature “The Iron Giant” as well as both writing and directing “Secondhand Lions,” starring Robert Duvall and Michael Caine
Feb 23 – MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN & CHRIS GARCIA, film critics with the Austin Chronicle and Austin American Statesman, respectively
Mar 9 – ELLEN KURAS, award-winning cinematographer who has worked with numerous acclaimed directors, including Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Michel Gondry, and Jim Jarmusch
Mar 23 – MARK WOOLLEN, award winning creator of a long list of memorable movie trailers, including “Traffic,” Lost In Translation,” “Milk,” and “The Wrestler”
April 6 – MIKE SIMPSON, Co-Head of Motion Pictures Worldwide, William Morris Agency, agent for Mike Judge, Quentin Tarantino, PT Anderson, Tim Burton, Tommy Lee Jones, Wes Craven, and many others
April 13 – MORGAN SPURLOCK, award winning filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter whose credits include “Super Size Me,” “Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden,” and the FX show “30 Days.”
April 20 – TOM PERROTTA, screenwriter/novelist whose works include, Election, Little Children, and Abstinence Teacher
April 27 – RICHARD LINKLATER, local Austin director of “Slacker,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Waking Life,” “The School of Rock,” “Fast Food Nation,” and, among others, the upcoming “Me and Orson Welles”
May 4 – HARVEY WEINSTEIN, legendary mogul
LISTEN TO PREVIOUS MASTER CLASS SESSIONS
The Master Class sessions are recorded by the Master Class audio team, which then goes on to produce and edit radio-friendly 30-minute versions for a monthly Sunday morning broadcast on KUT-FM. A selection of those interviews is available at right, including recent guests Matt Stone, Steve Buscemi, David Simon, and Charles Burnett.
Past guests of the RTF Master Class include Mike Judge, Richard Linklater, Chris Smith, Lauren Zalaznick, Werner Herzog, Frederick Wiseman, Ross McElwee, and Geoff Gilmore.
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