Published 17:22 IST, August 29th 2019
Matthew McConaughey named professor at University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin appointed Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey as a professor of practice in the Department of Radio-Television-Film.
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University of Texas at Austin appointed Hollywood star Matw McConaughey as a professor of practice in Department of Rio-Television-Film.
49-year-old actor will continue to teach "vanced Producing: Script to Screen" class at Moody College of Communication he helped develop three years ago. official Twitter p of Moody College of Communication shared update on Wednesday.
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account also shared Oscar winner's photograph with a class of students and faculty.In a statement acquired by Complex, McConaughey, said he wished he would have h a chance to attend such a class when he was in film school.
"Working in classroom with se students gives me a chance to prepare m. Making movies, turning words on paper into film, is both a science and art - matter time or generation. " elements of truth and genuine joy for process are timeless. That will always be our classroom focus," actor said.
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title will take effect starting from late 2019 term. He was previously a visiting instructor at school.McConaughey gruated from UT Austin with a film degree in 1993.
It was same year, when he broke out with "Dazed and Confused". Navigating his way in Hollywood, most of his films in 2000s were rom-coms like " Wedding Planner", "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days", and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past".
n came 2014, when he won his first Acemy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagsed with AIDS, in "Dallas Buyers Club".
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16:45 IST, August 29th 2019