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Tom Schatz

Tom Schatz is a professor in the Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas and the founding director of the UT Film Institute, which involves students in the production of feature-length narrative film.

He has executive produced five independent features and has written four books about American film including The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era. His writing on film has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Premiere, The Nation, Film Comment, Film Quarterly, and numerous other publications.

He is currently working on a book on contemporary Hollywood.

2009 Program Guide
2009 Pocket Guide

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