Welcome to the Department of Radio-Television-Film

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Radio-Television-Film

The University of Texas at Austin's Radio-Television-Film department (UT RTF) supports a rich diversity of creative and scholarly pursuits. As one of the few top-ranking U.S. university programs in both media production and studies, UT RTF is one of the most affordable among its peers. We offer extensive studio and technique courses to approximately 1000 undergraduate and 160 graduate students, covering all aspects of media production, history, and theory. Our alumni go on to enjoy a wide range of careers commercially and independently—including directing, editing, producing, cinematography, special FX, game design, screenwriting, web design, marketing, policymaking, and higher education.

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From the writers' room

MFA screenwriting program develops award-winning writers, scripts

10/25/18

Run Like the Devil

Steve Mims releases film of tight U.S. Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke free on Vimeo

10/23/18

RTF at 2018 Austin Film Festival

October 24 - November 1

10/19/18

Craig Watkins - Institute for Media Innovation

Moody to open Institute for Media Innovation

RTF professor S. Craig Watkins will lead institute as founding director

9/06/18

Flow Conference 2018: Media Preservation, Precarity, and Praxis

September 27-29, 2018

9/05/18

McConaughey stars in “true RTF effort”

Scott Rice leads effort for Moody College of Communication students, recent grads to produce public awareness PSA

8/28/18

New Radio-Television-Film chair

Noah Isenberg appointed to lead Department of Radio-Television-Film, beginning January 2019

8/15/18

RTF innovates online learning

Now offering custom-designed, web-based classes

6/11/18

New opportunity for UT undergrads: RTF Minors

Beginning Fall 2018

5/16/18

Thunder Road Wins Top Prize at SXSW

Producer Zack Parker (BS '13) wins Grand Jury Award at SXSW Film Festival

4/25/18

End of Semester Screenings Spring 2018

May 9-12, 2018

4/24/18

It’s Saturday Night!

RTF and Wofford Denius UTLA Center graduate demystifies the writer’s room at SNL

4/03/18

2018 April 10 - Emergent Media Open House

Emergent and Digital Media Open House

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

3/29/18

Game Designer/Director Neill Glancy talk

2018 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase at SXSW

Sunday, Mar 11, 2018

2/21/18

2018 SCMS Conference

March 14-18 - Toronto

2/15/18

New Faculty Book: "Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy"

Professor Kathryn Fuller-Seeley’s new book examines the history of Jack Benny’s radio comedies. Public book talk/screening March 1st.

1/18/18

New Faculty Book: "The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom"

Professor Suzanne Scott and Dr. Melissa Click’s new co-edited collection reflects on the growing field of fan studies and its future directions

1/18/18

Siva Vaidhyanathan talk March 5 at 7 pm in BMC 2.106

Siva Vaidhyanathan talks on "Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects People and Undermines Democracy"

Monday, March 5, 7 PM, BMC 2.106

1/05/18

Annual Gender and Sexuality Lecture with Filmmaker Lizzie Borden

Flames of Feminism: A Conversation with Filmmaker Lizzie Borden

RTF Annual Gender & Sexuality Lecture

1/02/18

National Film Registry selects collection preserved by Carolin Frick and Texas Archive of the Moving Image

National Film Registry selects films preserved by Caroline Frick

"Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection"

12/13/17

End of Semester Screenings Fall 2017

December 13–17

11/28/17

RTF at the 2017 Austin Film Festival

October 26 - November 2

10/19/17

Media Industry Conversation with Jordan Levin

October 30, 2017 at 6 p.m. CMA 2.306

10/11/17

Canine Soldiers

Professor Nancy Schiesari’s documentary screens on PBS

5/30/17

Ragamuffin

Senior John Byron Hanby creates popular music video for Silversun Pickups

5/05/17

Spring 2017 End of Semester Screenings

4/26/17

Media Industry Conversation with Owen Shiflett

Thursday, April 27

4/13/17

PhD alumna Katherine Haenschen wins ICA Best Dissertation

“Get @ The Vote: Using Facebook and Email to Increase Voter Turnout” wins Best Dissertation for the Mass Communication division of ICA

4/13/17

Latina/o Media Makers Series

Spring 2017

4/04/17

UT3D presents "Perspectives on VR & Immersive Media: A Conversation with IMAX president, Jason Brenek"

3/24/17

2017 Dallas International Film Festival

3/23/17

Screenwriters Jessica Chou & Britta Lundin

A Media Industry Conversation

3/20/17

2017 SCMS Conference

March 22-26 - Chicago

3/18/17

RTF at SXSW 2017

3/01/17

Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase at 2017 SXSW

Sunday, Mar 12, 2017

3/01/17

Business of the Bowl

NFL Content Chief Jordan Levin (BS '89) speaks to 'The Hollywood Reporter' following Super Bowl LI

2/09/17

"Mad Men" archive donated to UT Austin

Lionsgate gifts Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning series' materials to UT Austin's Harry Ransom Center

1/12/17

2017 Humanitas Prize Winners

1/06/17

TOWER Shortlisted for Oscar

Alumnae produced documentary in race for Best Documentary Feature at Academy Awards

12/21/16

RTF to build 70’ x 20’ green screen

for digital compositing and virtual sets

12/05/16

Media Industry Conversation

Director Lev L. Spiro reveals how he went from student to film and television director

11/22/16

Hamilton Book Award

Professor Charles Ramírez Berg wins 2016 grand prize for examining Golden Age of Mexican cinema

10/26/16

Deepak Chetty wins ITVFest "Best Director"

MFA graduate and lecturer wins award for 3-D film created in UT3D program

10/17/16

Get Out The Vote

Study finds Facebook more effective at GOTV efforts

10/11/16

RTF at 2016 Austin Film Festival

9/14/16

Collaborating across the Atlantic

Portuguese scholar and UT RTF student join forces on a documentary

9/14/16

Starving the Beast

Lecturer Steve Mims's documentary investigates funding trends in U.S. public universities

9/01/16

2016 Flow Conference marks 10 years of media studies conversations

September 15-17, Austin, TX

9/01/16

2016 Longhorn Script Competition Winner

6/02/16

Inspiring Others

Radio-Television-Film student provides glimpse into lives of individuals with amputations

6/01/16

2016 SCMS Conference

1/19/16

2016 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals

1/19/16

KLRU airs Nancy Schiesari's John Nance Garner documentary

"Cactus Jack: Lone Star on Capitol HIll" examines former V.P. and Speaker of the House

1/06/16

Transmedia storytelling with Star Wars

Suzanne Scott's class examines Star Wars media extensions

12/12/15

RTF Media Studies graduate students win awards at NCA Convention

12/02/15

RTF alum Robert Rodriguez honored as 2015 UT Distinguished Alumnus

11/10/15

Professor Karin Wilkins publishes new book

11/09/15

Briscoe Center acquires archive of Department Chair Paul Stekler

10/01/15

New Immersive Media class teaches VR

September 30, 2015

9/30/15

Celebrating 50 years of UT Radio-Television-Film

9/16/15

PhD students to participate in COMPASS internship program

4/03/15

Kathleen Tyner conducts media literacy tour in Spain

4/01/15

RTF at SCMS 2015

2/09/15

Dr. Sharon Strover leads international research collaborations in Portugal for new media areas

2/06/15

Longhorns at SXSW 2015

2/03/15

Longhorns and the 2015 Academy Awards

1/29/15

In recent 'Convergence' article, Dr. Caroline Frick proposes broader access for repatriated archival media

12/09/14

Sundance and Slamdance 2015

12/04/14

Media Studies Professor Karin Wilkins's Center for Middle Eastern Studies receives Title VI grant

10/06/14

Dr. Sharon Strover publishes new articles on impact of broadband on rural areas

9/19/14

Caroline Frick wins Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

8/19/14

MFA Student Amanda Gotera wins Princess Grace Award

8/14/14

Madhavi Mallapragada releases new book on Indian-American identity and the Web

8/07/14

Executive Producer Raymond Mansfield's (BS '00) GET OUT wins Oscar for Best Original Screenplay

Winner for Best Original Screenplay, GET OUT was nominated for four 2018 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Lead Actor, and Directing.

Recent Works

Entropy

Director: Nicole Geller (BS '15)

All Around

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

Before You Know It

Director: PJ Raval (Assistant Professor)

By the River of Babylon

Director: Don Howard (Associate Professor)

Featured Programs

RTF offers Workshops & Camps

Registration will open by February 1, 2019
Learn more about our summer media camps and adult workshops, taught by some of the best filmmakers and faculty in Austin.

UT3D

UT3D explores immersive media in the nation’s first comprehensive 3D/VR production program.

UT3D

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.

Media Studies Colloquium

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