UT Radio-Television-Film Department

2025 College Screenwriting Awards Placements — Humanitas

Amazing! Three of the 10 semifinalists for the 2025 Carol Mendelsohn College Drama Award Humanitas prize are from @utaustin.bsky.social ! Congrats to MFA students Cody Rea, Aaron Lopez, and Yeajoon Cho! www.humanitasprize.org/2025colleges...

Want to learn about how Texas media industry professionals are active in a range of distribution and exhibition activities across film, television, streaming, and podcasting?

Check out the latest installment in our podcast series! cc @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social

Spring 2025 End of Semester Screenings We are excited to present this semester's student work! Free and open to the public over five days (Tuesday, April 29, & Thursday, May 1st–Sunday, May 4th), script readings, film screenings, and demon...

Can't wait! Join us next week (Thursday-Sunday) for End of Semester Student Film Screenings! rtf.utexas.edu/news/spring-...

Don Mischer, Prolific Live Event Director and 15-Time Emmy Winner, Dies at 85 Don Mischer, a prolific live event director and 15-time Emmy winner, died April 11

We are saddened to hear of the passing of renowned director/producer, Emmy-winner, DGA Award-winner, and @utaustin.bsky.social alum, Don Mischer. In the fall, RTF students were inspired by Mischer, who generously shared wisdom he had gleaned from his remarkable career. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

We’re excited to announce the Karch Gaming Institute, made possible by a generous gift from Matt Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive, to help shape the next generation of creative gaming leaders.

2nd Year RTF MFA Screenwriting Showcase Join RTF for a staged reading of 10 pages from each of our second-year MFA Screenwriting students, followed by refreshments. All are welcome to join!

Please join us for a screenwriting showcase from our second-year MFA screenwriting students, April 29. All are welcome. events.moody.utexas.edu/events/2nd-y...

Save the date for spring 2025 RTF End of Semester Screenings: May 1–4! rtf.utexas.edu/news/spring-...

Great time last night celebrating @utexasrtf.bsky.social @texasmoody.bsky.social 20th year in LA! #hookem

On behalf of the Media Industries SIG: Announcing Media Industries SIG Writing Awards Email from Society for Cinema and Media Studies Announcing Media Industries SIG Writing Awards This email is being sent on behalf of the Media Industries SIG Dear Colleagues, It was a joy and a pleasu

Congrats to #UTRTF 2025 @scmstudies.bsky.social Media Industry SIG award winners: Kathryn Hartzell, Graduate Student Writing Award; PhD alum Kevin Sanson, CEMI Prize for Outstanding Book in Media Industry Studies; and PhD alum Courtney Brannon Donoghue, honorable mention! shorturl.at/lp49S

We are celebrating 20 years of UTLA! For two decades, the UT in Los Angeles program has helped students kick-start careers in the entertainment industry.

Hear from alumni about how they launched their careers from the program!
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#MoodyPride: We are thrilled to announce that QS World University Rankings has ranked Moody College as the No. 1 public university among communication and media studies programs and the No. 3 worldwide for 2025! 🤘

Learn more:
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The Academy Now Runs Nicholl Fellowship Submissions Through Global Program Partners The Academy has now partnered will global university programs, screenwriting labs, and filmmaker programs for its prestigious Nicholl fellowship.

Exciting news! The University of Texas at Austin is proud to be among the global university programs, screenwriting labs, and filmmaker programs partnering with the Academy’s Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program to help identify possible Nicholl fellows. www.indiewire.com/news/general...

Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth by watching Professor Nancy Schiesari’s documentary, “Citizens at Last,” this coming Monday, 3/17, at 9.00 pm! austinpbs.org/program/37321
Download the PBS app and stream the film on a smart device!

2025 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase Reserve your free ticket!

ICYMI: RSVP for this Friday's free UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase, screening at 4 pm at AFS Cinema. Earlybirds get free popcorn and candy on us! rtf.utexas.edu/news/2025-ut...

UT RTF at SXSW 2025

SXSW starts on Friday! Keep up with #UTatSXSW activities: rtf.utexas.edu/news/ut-rtf-... #SXSW @sxsw.com

Janet Staiger Lecture in Gender and Sexuality Filmmaker Screening and Talk: Channing Godfrey Peoples, “Miss Juneteenth” Filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples is the guest speaker for RTF's annual Janet Staiger Lecture in Gender and Sexuality. She will screen her critically acclaimed film, “Miss Juneteenth,” and then discu...

Can't wait! Today at 4 pm, filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples will show her award-winning film, "Miss Juneteenth" and discuss it with MFA students Fatima Wardy, Musila Munuve, & Benji Unanaowo as part of the Janet Staiger Lecture on Gender & Sexuality.
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In the Lions’ Studio - The American Scholar A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

RTF Professor / UTNY Executive Director @noahisenberg.bsky.social's book review of Kenneth Turan's "Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation," is now out in The American Scholar. theamericanscholar.org/in-the-lions...

Thanks for the shoutout, Kyle! Here's a link to our newsletter in case anyone on this thread would like to read the latest updates with UT Radio-Television-Film! tinyurl.com/2xdmevm8

A Lost Silent Film About Lincoln Was Unearthed by an Intern (Gift Article) “The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 movie directed by the pioneering filmmaker Francis Ford, was found at a stock-footage library on Long Island.

Quoted in #NYT! When a film preservation student discovered a 16 mm print of the lost 1922 silent film, "The Heart of Lincoln" by Francis Ford, @nytimes.com consulted Francis Ford expert, #UTRTF Prof. @kathyfs.bsky.social. Check out the story! tinyurl.com/sx8rc5hz @texasmoody.bsky.social

2025 SCMS Awards Join us as we honor this year's outstanding achievements during the Award Ceremony in Chicago on Saturday evening, April 5, 2025, at 7:15 PM CT. Don't miss this special opportunity to celebrate the remarkable work of our community.

This April, @scmstudies.bsky.social will be recognizing #UTRTF scholars: Prof. Emeritus Janet Staiger: Distinguished Career Achievement Award; Maggie Steinhauer (PhD student): Distinguished Service Award; & Pete Johnson (PhD student): 3rd pl, Student Writing Award! www.cmstudies.org/page/2025_aw...

The 97th Academy Award nominations are official! We are so proud of our alumni involved in these films! MFA alum Monique Walton produced #SingSing, which has been nominated for 3 Oscars, and BS alum Drew Daniels was the cinematographer for #Anora, which racked up 6 noms, including Best Picture!

#MoodyPride: We are thrilled to announce that Deb Lewis has been recognized as the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award recipient! Nominated by their students, this award honors one Moody College faculty member for outstanding teaching.

Congratulations, Deb! You've earned it! 🤘

#TEXASMoody screenwriting students are shaping the future of TV and film! The MFA screenwriting program draws people in based on its reputation. The two-year, 42-hour program is designed for creatives passionate about storytelling.

Hear from students of the program:
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Prime Video Orders ‘Rise Of The Empress’ Series Based On Books With Gemma Chan, Viola Davis & Forest Whitaker Among EPs Prime Video is expanding its fantasy footprint with a green light for Rise of the Empress, a series adaptation of Julie C. Dao's book series.

Kudos to RTF alum Andrew Wang, Head of TV at JuVee Productions! Amazon Prime has greenlit their latest project, an adaptation of Julie C. Dao’s book series, "Rise of the Empress." deadline.com/2025/01/rise...

The Craving. 1918. Written and directed by Francis Ford, John Ford The Post Telegrapher. 1912. Directed by Francis Ford | MoMA The Craving. 1918. USA. Written and directed by Francis Ford, John Ford. With Francis Ford, Mae Gaston, Peter Gerald. Silent. New York premiere. Silent. 50 min. The Post Telegrapher. 1912. USA. Direct...

A new collection that Prof. Kathy Fuller Seeley helped restore of short silent films from director/actor Francis Ford—the older brother of legendary filmmaker John Ford—along with a short doc she made about Ford’s career, will screen at Museum of Modern Art on 1/14!
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CEMI's winter newsletter is out! We're so happy you joined us for a busy fall full of speakers, events, and outstanding scholarship. A big thank you to @utexasrtf.bsky.social, @texasmoody.bsky.social, and @misig-scms.bsky.social for helping make it happen!

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The MIC Podcast is back for the spring semester!! Join us on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/7ATp...) and Soundcloud (soundcloud.com/rtfmic/brent...) every other Wednesday, starting with this week's episode with Brent Weinstein, Chief Development Officer at Candle Media!

Longlists, 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards - Bafta View the official longlist for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards. Winners announced Sunday 16 February at the ceremony hosted by David Tennant.

Congrats to BS alum Drew Daniels on receiving a #BAFTA nom for Cinematography for #Anora. The feature received 9 nominations, including Best Film! Congrats also to MFA alum Monique Walton: #SingSing, which she produced, received 3 nominations! @texasmoody.bsky.social
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'Shogun' and 'Hacks' win top TV honors at Golden Globes "Shogun" actors Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada also won best female and male acting awards.

"Shogun" takes home four #goldenglobe awards, including best drama television series! We are so proud of @utaustin.bsky.social MFA alum and co-showrunner Rachel Kondo! www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sh... @texasmoody.bsky.social

This fall was an exciting one for CEMI, including a Texas Media Industries symposium, great speakers & more.

Check out our newsletter + interview w/CEMI book award winner, Connor Ryan, author of Lagos Never Spoils.

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