Tom Schatz

Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film; Executive Director, University of Texas Film Institute

Tom Schatz lectures widely on American film and television in the U.S. and abroad, and he has delivered talks and conducted seminars for the Motion Picture Academy, the Directors Guild of America, the American Film Institute and the Los Angeles Film School. Schatz also is engaged in media production, has consulted and provided on-screen commentary for a number of film and television documentaries. Current publishing projects include a study of contemporary Hollywood and a revised edition of his book Hollywood Genres.