RTF Remembers Former Lecturer Nicholas Cominos

Austin, TX – April 4, 2008 – The Department mourns the recent death of Nicholas Cominos, a senior lecturer in RTF from 1981-1998. During that time he guided many Masters and Master of Fine Arts students through their thesis films and taught editing to hundreds of undergraduates. Nick died peacefully in his California home on March 14, at the age of 84.

Nick had a long career in Hollywood before coming to UT, and prior to that served heroically in World War II, for which he received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He led multiple covert reconnaissance operations for the Office of Strategic Services in the Dalmatian Islands and Greece which helped lead to the retreat of the Nazis from the area in 1944.

We have all missed Nick's indomitable presence in our classrooms and editing suites since he retired in 1998. The photo below (Nick is standing, center) gives only a glimpse of his strength of character and engaging personality.

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