Center for Entertainment & Media Industries

Explore the endless entertainment career paths Texas has to offer! Join @UTRTF, @UTCEMI, and media industry leaders for a day-long symposium showcasing the breadth of film, TV, music, gaming and digital media opportunities. Make sure to RSVP by Sept. 17!

This week's podcast is one from the archives -- Andrew Wang, Head of TV, Development, and Production at JuVee Productions shares how he learned to navigate his role in development working on projects like The Woman King and The Vampire Diaries. soundcloud.com/rtfmic/mic-and…

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Another new MIC podcast! Listen to Scot Cru, an Independent International TV & Media Consultant and former EVP of Global Formats & Unscripted Content at MGM Studios. Scot talks about buying & selling international unscripted formats like Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

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New podcast alert! Check out our MIC session with Elaine Frontain Bryant, EVP & Head of Programming at A&E Network, where she manages the A&E programming team & oversees the development, creation and execution of all network programming. Hear all about Duck Dynasty & more!

Wow! Huge congrats to #UTRTF PhD student Pete Johnson on winning an @SCMStudies best Student Writing and Dissertation Award!

Flow's Special Issue on Texas Media Industries opens with @aperren's look at the state's role in creating a policy structure for media production. Give it a read here: flowjournal.org/2024/07/texas-…

📣Announcing Flow's Special Issue on the Texas Media Industries! 📣 @aperren, @Selenapino, Deborah Jaramillo, @hnwold, Kim Owczarksi, & @jenporst historicize Texas' place in media production and examine what it takes to make a media industry. Read it here! flowjournal.org

Our latest podcast focuses on Austin film festivals with local organizers, featuring discussion of running community festivals, fostering collaboration & partnership, & navigating the world of film festival submissions. Check it out! soundcloud.com/rtfmic/mic-pan… cc @UTRTF

We're excited to kick off July with a podcast of Austin-based film festivals! Check it out on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/4y2XhB…) and SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/rtfmic/mic-pan…)

And also be sure to check out our recent podcast on the screenwriter/agent relationship featuring @UTRTF chair Cindy McCreery, RTF MFA screenwriting alum & Tulka King writer Davia Carter, and literary agent Jim Ehrich! soundcloud.com/rtfmic/mic-the…

Check out the first in our series of podcasts about Austin & Texas media industries, featuring a range of professionals from development executive to producer to festival organizer and more! soundcloud.com/rtfmic/austin-…\ cc @UTexasMoody @UTRTF

In honor of the season finale of Abbott Elementary, @aperren sits down with @PMSchumacker in this week's podcast, who visited UT in April and is the Emmy-nominated EP and Co-Showrunner of Abbott Elementary! open.spotify.com/episode/62DyLf…

Congratulations to @caseyjoe_atx for winning the SCMS TV Sig graduate student essay contest! Keep an eye out for Casey's essay “Classical Hollywood Cinematographers and the Cultural Capital of Television” in the Winter 2024 issue of NEW REVIEW OF FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES.

FYI: my current research (and book!) engages the global mental health crisis in media industries (incl journalism, advertising, film & TV, social media, music, and digital games); I'm interviewed about the work on the Media Industries Podcast here: open.spotify.com/show/5wQvrJY8Z…

A new Media Industry Conversations podcast is up! Amanda Harrell, former EVP of Business & Legal Affairs for Alternative & Specials at MGM Studios discusses her roles as part of a legal division in unscripted TV. soundcloud.com/rtfmic/mic-ama… @UTRTF @UTexasMoody

New podcast! This week it's Bob Berney, CEO of Picturehouse, interviewed by RTF prof @filmmakermicah. Bob is a leader in film distribution, involved w/projects like Pan's Labyrinth, Drive, Y Tu Mama Tambien, & My Big Fat Greek Wedding. cc @UTRTF soundcloud.com/rtfmic/bob-ber…

Our spring newsletter is out now! Check it out: mailchi.mp/780561153150/h…

Our latest podcast is now live, featuring entertainment lawyers PJ Shapiro & @utrtf alum Greg Slewett. Hear them talk about how top-tier talent now is developing new revenue streams - and how their income is being affected post-strike. cc @UTexasMoody soundcloud.com/rtfmic/mic-ent…