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Moody College Home UTexas Home Radio Television Film | Moody College Menu Moody College Home UTexas Home The University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication Prospective Students Current Students GIVE Vimeo Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Instagram Search Search Search Search Give About Expand Overview History Alumni Facilities Visiting RTF Hiring Students Undergraduate Expand Undergraduate Bachelor of Science Minors in RTF Prospective Student Info Prospective Students Helpful Links Undergraduate Course Descriptions Graduate Expand MFA, Film & Media Production MFA, Screenwriting MA, Media Studies concentration PhD, Media Studies concentration Graduate Student Profiles Graduate Course Descriptions Faculty & Staff Expand Faculty Staff Programs & Initiatives Expand Camps Conferences East Austin Stories Emergent Cinematic Arts Film Showcase Global Media Industries Speaker Series Journals Latino Media Arts & Studies Media Industry Conversations (MIC) Media Studies Colloquium Notable Publications & Special Projects Screenplay Showcase UT Pakistan Program UTNY Workshops for Adults UTLA: Wofford Denius UTLA Center for Entertainment & Media Studies News & Events Expand Welcome to the Department of Radio-Television-Film alt="rtf_hero_tracking.jpg" 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. Get the Latest News 2020 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase at SXSW Sunday, Mar 15, 2020 2/05/20 End of Semester Screenings Fall 2019 December 12–15, 2019 11/21/19 Smith named first Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Radio-Television-Film faculty member has served in interim role since August 11/21/19 What is your favorite horror film and why? Unique perspectives on film genre 10/31/19 RTF at Austin Film Festival 2019 October 24–31 • Austin, Texas 10/21/19 Digitally enhanced by physical touch Interdisciplinary course combines practical, visual storytelling effects 9/12/19 McConaughey joins Moody College faculty Academy Award winner began teaching at UT Austin in 2015 8/28/19 Teaching the Business of Media 5/06/19 End of Semester Screenings Spring 2019 May 15-19, 2019 4/22/19 Seeing a thousand words Q&A with Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer John Moore 4/09/19 Noël Wells to deliver Moody College keynote Spring graduation set for Friday, May 24 at 3 p.m. 3/18/19 RTF at SXSW 2019 2/28/19 Producing a call to action Alumnus Ray Mansfield earns second-straight multiple Academy Award nominations 2/21/19 2019 SCMS Conference March 13-17 - Seattle 2/12/19 2019 UT RTF Longhorn Denius Student Film Showcase at SXSW Sunday, Mar 10, 2019 2/12/19 Multi-spectrum vision Q&A with Radio-Television-Film chair Noah Isenberg 2/07/19 Virtual Training Ground Green screen reinforces hands-on learning approach for creative digital narrative techniques 1/23/19 RTF at Sundance and Slamdance 2019 1/22/19 Accidental Global Storyteller CNN Senior VP of Global Video Chris Berend on becoming a storytelling Swiss Army knife” 1/11/19 Recent graduate awarded international fellowship Bita Ghassemi named Schwarzman Scholar 12/12/18 Great Big Storytelling Genesis Student Film Fellowship provides MFA student exposure to explore 11/29/18 End of Semester Screenings Fall 2018 December 12–16 11/26/18 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 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 Emergent and Digital Media Open House Tuesday, April 10, 2018 3/29/18 Game Designer/Director Neill Glancy talk Thursday, April 12 3/27/18 RTF at SXSW 2018 2/24/18 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 talks on "Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects People and Undermines Democracy" Monday, March 5, 7 PM, BMC 2.106 1/05/18 Flames of Feminism: A Conversation with Filmmaker Lizzie Borden RTF Annual Gender & Sexuality Lecture 1/02/18 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 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...