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Radio-Television-Film

Master the evolving 21st-century media landscape.

Welcome to Austin, TX—home to great film festivals, a renowned live music scene, and some of today’s hottest feature filmmakers, TV show runners, and internationally recognized media scholars. And at the heart of Austin, seeding both the high-tech industry and vibrant arts community, is The University of Texas. It’s where you can write / direct / edit / shoot / produce the next Hollywood blockbuster, original television pilot, or small indie gem; where you can gain hands-on training with the latest and greatest animation and visual effects technology; and where you can launch your creative and professional career by honing your understanding of the historical, cultural, industrial and global contexts surrounding film, television, and digital media.

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Matthew McConaughey Class

Directors: RTF Script-to-Screen Students

All Around

Director: T.J. Martinez (MFA '16)

Call Her Ganda

Director: PJ Raval (Associate Professor)

By the River of Babylon

Director: Don Howard (Associate Professor)

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Texas Monthly features student docs

Texas Monthly features MFA student documentaries

The last segment in Texas Monthly's 4-part film series highlighting UT Radio-Television-Film graduate student documentaries features Huay-Bing Law's (Lecturer, MFA '17) short, "From Tonga", which explores how Tongan immigrants revitalized the local high school football team in Euless, Texas.

In case you missed them, read more about the previous films in the series, TJ Martinez’s "All Around," Joel Fendelman’s "Auction," and Annie Silverstein’s short, "Night at the Dance."

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Featured Programs

RTF offers Workshops & Camps

Learn more about our summer media camps and adult workshops, taught by some of the best filmmakers and faculty in Austin.

Emergent and Digital Media

Building on the foundation of the groundbreaking UT3D initiative, today's Emergent & Digital Media Program blends innovations in interactive and immersive storytelling with state-of-the-art technology.

Media Industry Conversations (MIC)

Industry professionals discuss today's evolving media landscape in new speaker series.

Media Studies Colloquium

This lecture series is designed to expose students to the diversity of media studies scholarship, provide models for research presentations, and enable advanced graduate students to present work related to their dissertation projects.

Department of Radio-Television-Film
The University of Texas at Austin
2504 Whitis Ave. Stop A0800
Austin, TX 78712-1067

Main Office: 512-471-4071
Fax: 512-471-4077
Email: rtf-department@austin.utexas.edu

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