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Moody College's Department of Radio-Television-Film named No. 1 public film school in the U.S.

The department continues to stand out for its curriculum and innovative student experiences

On set and in studio

Current and former Moody students assist an RTF professor as he completes his short film "Piojo"

"Live from UT Austin, it's RTF Live!"

Writers' room class gives students a chance to write their own sketch comedy show in the style of "Saturday Night Live"

Through persistence and passion, Jesus Martinez has built a career in entertainment

The RTF senior says a lifelong love of movies inspired him to take big leaps during his time at Moody College

Moody RTF alumnus Chet Garner explores stunning Texas landscapes in new PBS docuseries

“The Daytripper” host takes viewers along as he travels among some of the one million acres The Nature Conservancy has protected in Texas

Spring 2026 End of Semester Screenings

April 23, April 30-May 3

Highlighting Texas film history

Kathy Fuller-Seeley uncovers the first movie studio in Texas

Moody College announces two new minors in advertising and radio-television-film

Students will be able to declare these minors in Fall 2026

Moody College announces new field of study and minor in digital game industries

The minor will be available for all University of Texas students beginning in Fall 2026

Jurassic Park: Adaptation and Evolution

April 2, 2026 | CMB Studio 6B

2026 Animation Celebration

March 24 - 25 | CMB Studio 6B

UT RTF at SXSW 2026

March 12-18, 2026 | Austin, Texas

2026 Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase

March 12 | 6 p.m. | AFS Cinema

UT RTF at SCMS 2026 Conference

Chicago | March 26 - 29

Down under, Longhorns level up

UT Austin students compete against international teams in the 2026 Academic Esports World Tournament

Ben Bays named director of Karch Gaming Institute

The Moody College RTF professor will lead the Institute in developing a robust gaming industry curriculum and experiences

When childhood dreams become national triumphs

Moody College alumna Ashley Glazier and Fran Harris receive 2025 Texas Exes Awards

Moody College RTF department shines in the rankings

The department was ranked a top film school by multiple publications in 2025

Fall 2025 End of Semester Screenings

December 11–14

Roadmap to the Texas Media Industries

The Passage of the 2025 Film Incentive and Beyond

UT at the 2025 Austin Film Festival

October 23–30, 2025 • Austin, TX

2025 Moody College Video Game and Esports Symposium

October 23–24

Behind the wheel of "The Lost Bus"

Matthew McConaughey brings his new film to Texas Moody, drives home lessons in storytelling

Powered up

Glen Powell brings "Chad Powers" to Texas Moody

From the archives to the spotlight

Moody graduate student helps bring The Lorne Michaels Collection to life at Harry Ransom Center

2025 Robert Foshko Memorial Scholarship & Screenplay Competition Winners Announced!

Deborah Valcin (MFA Screenwriting '25) & Mason Scivally (B.S. '25)

Viewfinder

A Moody College RTF student sees the world through his camera

Moody College of Communication welcomes new Karch Gaming Institute

The institute will help students learn the gaming industry from concept to market

Spring 2025 End of Semester Screenings

April 29 & May 1–4

UT RTF at SXSW 2025

March 7 - 15, 2025

2025 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase

Screening March 7 • 3 pm • AFS Cinema

New sports production and broadcasting minor will give students a major edge

The Moody College field of study is a one-of-a-kind opportunity open to all UT students

UT RTF at SCMS 2025 Conference

Chicago • April 3–6

From pen to production

How RTF screenwriting students are shaping the future of TV and film

Fall 2024 End of Semester Screenings

December 12-14

Sound takes center stage

RTF unveils new Foley stage and Dolby Atmos mix studio for Hollywood-quality audio

UT at the 2024 Austin Film Festival

October 24–31, 2024 • Austin, TX

Announcing 2024 Winners of Robert Foshko Memorial Scholarship & Screenplay Competition

Cody Rea and Chidera Orazulike talk screenwriting

Texas Entertainment and Media Industries Symposium

Forging connections between current and future leaders of the Texas media industries

Radio-Television-Film Olympian dives into film

Erica Sullivan is competing to swim on the world’s highest stage this summer

‘Mean Girls’ musical filmmakers recount their journey to the big screen

UT RTF alum Arturo Perez, Jr. and wife Samantha Jayne worked in industry for years before feature debut

Alison Eakle, Chief Content Officer for Shondaland, will deliver keynote at 2024 Moody College Graduation

Nearly 1,100 students are expected to walk the stage

Spring 2024 End of Semester Screenings

May 2–May 5

UT RTF at SXSW 2024

March 8 - 16, 2024

2024 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase

Screening March 8 • 2 pm • AFS Cinema

UT RTF at SCMS 2024 Conference

Boston, MA • March 14–17

Fall 2023 End of Semester Screenings

December 7-10

Professor Emeritus Paul Stekler continues to support UT

New Mindy and Burton Stekler Fund for student nonfiction films

UT at 2023 Austin Film Festival

October 26–November 2, 2023 • Austin, TX

Winners of 2023 Robert Foshko Memorial Scholarship & Screenplay Competition

Sandhya R. Hermon (MFA Screenwriting '24) and Maddalena Lupold (BS '25) talk screenwriting

Spring 2023 End of Semester Screenings

April 27–30

2023 SCMS Conference

April 12–15, 2023 • Denver, CO

Inside the Academy

RTF prof PJ Raval gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Oscars

2023 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase

Screening March 10 • 2 pm • AFS Cinema

RTF at SXSW 2023

March 10-18, 2023

The Subtle Art of Sound

Lecturer and sound editor Korey Pereira scoops up awards and nominations for his work on “Stranger Things”

Film By RTF Alumni Takes Top Prize at Sundance

Competition jury calls it “an uproarious take on extended family, irreverence and tradition”

Bringing Gems to the Big Screen

A Q&A with RTF alum and famed film distributor Bob Berney

RTF at Sundance and Slamdance 2023

Park City, Utah • January 2023

Fall 2022 End of Semester Screenings

December 8-11

UT RTF at Austin Film Festival 2022

October 27 – November 3

Nancy Schiesari's new documentary "Citizens at Last" explores the Texas suffrage movement

Winner of 2022 Creative Achievement Award

A Universal Language

RTF fosters young Latinx filmmakers

From the Classroom to the Field

RTF students find their voice on the set of new faculty film

RTF student film in race for the Oscars

Sachin Dheeraj's "Testimony of Ana" could enter best documentary short film category

An Emancipation Story

Radio-Television-Film Professor Ya'Ke Smith releases documentary about Juneteenth

Stories Within

Radio-Television-Film Associate Professor's award-winning series explores discrimination against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities

Saying Goodbye to RTF Professor Paul Stekler

Former department chair retires after 25 years at UT

Spring 2022 End of Semester Screenings

May 11-15 • Various Venues

What We Leave Behind

Assistant Professor Iliana Sosa captures SXSW award with first feature-length film

2022 SCMS Virtual Conference

March 31–April 22

RTF at SXSW 2022

March 11-19, 2022 • Austin, TX

2022 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase at SXSW

Sunday, March 13 • 8 pm • AFS Cinema

Our Image, Our Stories

Dr. Mary Beltrán's "Latino TV: A History" is the first book on Latino/a participation and representation in US English-language television.

Fall 2021 End-of-Semester Screenings

December 9–12, 2021

Alisa Perren marvels at the cinematic universe created by the intersection of comic books and Hollywood

in new media industries book

RTF at AFF 2021

October 21–28, 2021 • Austin, Texas

Tom Schatz leaves a legacy

Distinguished RTF professor retires after 45 years; Moody College creates Excellence Fund in his name

Disciplined on design

RTF, COFA cross-collaboration culminates in design innovation

It was Wilder before Hollywood

Noah Isenberg’s new edited collection showcases filmmaker’s early writings

Punching the glass ceiling

Assistant Professor Jennifer McClearen's new book, "Fighting Visibility," takes on sexist labor practices in the UFC

Spring 2021 End of Semester Screenings

Taking place online & at a drive-in theatre May 12–17

Karen Kocher’s “Origins of a Green Identity” airs on PBS

April TV broadcasts and streaming

2021 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase

Drive-In Premiere Screening - 4/18/21

2021 Virtual SXSW Film Festival

March 16–20, 2021

2021 SCMS Virtual Conference

March 17-21

Micah Barber's "The Adventures of Thomas and Felix" released nationwide Jan. 26, 2021

Gravitas Ventures streams film on iTunes

UT at Sundance 2021

Elite fest comes to the people

Collaborative classroom production

MFA screenwriting cohort and undergraduate production students develop web series

Fall 2020 End of Semester Streamings

Taking place online Dec 10-13

Voto 2020

Timely documentary series by RTF professor Miguel Alvarez

2020 Media Studies Graduate Awards

Spring 2020 End of Semester Screenings

Taking place online May 15–16

For your viewing pleasure

Radio-Television-Film experts recommend movies and shows to enjoy at home

RTF Webinar Series presents Latina Filmmaker Panel

Thursday, May 7 • 5–7 pm CT via Webinar

Announcing New Faculty Hires

Effective August 2020

2020 SCMS Conference - Canceled

April 1–5 - Denver

Finding common ground

MFA graduate creates friendship through film

RTF at SXSW 2020 - Canceled

2020 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase

Black television through the years

RTF lecturer engages with media to learn about, analyze culture

Remembering Christopher Palmer

Christopher R. Palmer Memorial Excellence Fund

End of Semester Screenings Fall 2019

December 12–15, 2019

Smith named first Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Radio-Television-Film faculty member has served in interim role since August

What is your favorite horror film and why?

Unique perspectives on film genre

RTF at Austin Film Festival 2019

October 24–31 • Austin, Texas

Digitally enhanced by physical touch

Interdisciplinary course combines practical, visual storytelling effects

McConaughey joins Moody College faculty

Academy Award winner began teaching at UT Austin in 2015

Teaching the Business of Media

End of Semester Screenings Spring 2019

May 15-19, 2019

Seeing a thousand words

Q&A with Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer John Moore

Noël Wells to deliver Moody College keynote

Spring graduation set for Friday, May 24 at 3 p.m.

RTF at SXSW 2019

Producing a call to action

Alumnus Ray Mansfield earns second-straight multiple Academy Award nominations

2019 SCMS Conference

March 13-17 - Seattle

Multi-spectrum vision

Q&A with Radio-Television-Film chair Noah Isenberg

Virtual Training Ground

Green screen reinforces hands-on learning approach for creative digital narrative techniques

RTF at Sundance and Slamdance 2019

Accidental Global Storyteller

CNN Senior VP of Global Video Chris Berend on becoming a storytelling “Swiss Army knife”

Recent graduate awarded international fellowship

Bita Ghassemi named Schwarzman Scholar

Great Big Storytelling

Genesis Student Film Fellowship provides MFA student exposure to explore

End of Semester Screenings Fall 2018

December 12–16

From the Writers' Room

MFA screenwriting program develops award-winning writers, scripts

Run Like the Devil

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

RTF at 2018 Austin Film Festival

October 24 - November 1

Moody to open Institute for Media Innovation

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

Flow Conference 2018: Media Preservation, Precarity, and Praxis

September 27-29, 2018

McConaughey stars in “true RTF effort”

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

New Radio-Television-Film chair

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

RTF innovates online learning

Now offering custom-designed, web-based classes

New opportunity for UT undergrads: RTF Minors

Beginning Fall 2018

Thunder Road Wins Top Prize at SXSW

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

End of Semester Screenings Spring 2018

May 9-12, 2018

It’s Saturday Night!

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

Emergent and Digital Media Open House

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Game Designer/Director Neill Glancy talk

Thursday, April 12

RTF at SXSW 2018

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.

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

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

Monday, March 5, 7 PM, BMC 2.106

Flames of Feminism: A Conversation with Filmmaker Lizzie Borden

RTF Annual Gender & Sexuality Lecture

National Film Registry selects films preserved by Caroline Frick

"Fuentes Family Home Movies Collection"

End of Semester Screenings Fall 2017

December 13–17

RTF at the 2017 Austin Film Festival

October 26 - November 2

Media Industry Conversation with Jordan Levin

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

Canine Soldiers

Professor Nancy Schiesari’s documentary screens on PBS

Ragamuffin

Senior John Byron Hanby creates popular music video for Silversun Pickups

Spring 2017 End of Semester Screenings

Media Industry Conversation with Owen Shiflett

Thursday, April 27

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

Latina/o Media Makers Series

Spring 2017

2017 Dallas International Film Festival

Screenwriters Jessica Chou & Britta Lundin

A Media Industry Conversation

RTF at SXSW 2017

Business of the Bowl

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

"Mad Men" archive donated to UT Austin

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

2017 Humanitas Prize Winners

TOWER Shortlisted for Oscar

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

RTF to build 70’ x 20’ green screen

for digital compositing and virtual sets

Media Industry Conversation

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

Hamilton Book Award

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

Deepak Chetty wins ITVFest "Best Director"

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

Get Out The Vote

Study finds Facebook more effective at GOTV efforts

RTF at 2016 Austin Film Festival

Collaborating across the Atlantic

Portuguese scholar and UT RTF student join forces on a documentary

Starving the Beast

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

2016 Flow Conference marks 10 years of media studies conversations

September 15-17, Austin, TX

2016 Longhorn Script Competition Winner

Inspiring Others

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

RTF at SXSW 2016

2016 Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals

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

Transmedia storytelling with Star Wars

Suzanne Scott's class examines Star Wars media extensions

RTF Media Studies graduate students win awards at NCA Convention

RTF alum Robert Rodriguez honored as 2015 UT Distinguished Alumnus

Professor Karin Wilkins publishes new book

Briscoe Center acquires archive of Department Chair Paul Stekler

New Immersive Media class teaches VR

September 30, 2015

Celebrating 50 years of UT Radio-Television-Film

PhD students to participate in COMPASS internship program

Kathleen Tyner conducts media literacy tour in Spain

RTF at SCMS 2015

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

Longhorns at SXSW 2015

Longhorns and the 2015 Academy Awards

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

Sundance and Slamdance 2015

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

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

Caroline Frick wins Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

MFA Student Amanda Gotera wins Princess Grace Award

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

'Media Industries' Journal now online

Global Fusion Conference 2014

And the Student Academy Award goes to...

PhD candidate Lokeilani Kaimana wins Five College Pre-Dissertation Fellowship

PhD student Paul Monticone wins 2014 SCMS Student Writing Award

Professor Kathy Fuller-Seeley publishes overview essay for Columbia University Women Film Pioneers Project

RTF at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival

Inequity in the Technopolis

A new book by RTF professor Joseph Straubhaar covers race, class, gender and the digital divide in Austin