The University of Texas at Austin announced on Wednesday that it has appointed McConaughey “professor of practice” at the Moody College of Communications, according to the university.
The 49-year-old actor, whose long list of films include Magic Mike, Dazed and Confused, The Wolf of Wall Street and an Oscar-winning role in Dallas Buyers Club, has served as a visiting instructor at the university since 2015 when he began co-teaching the Script to Screen film production class. He also developed the course’s curriculum, which UT says, “provides a unique, behind-the-scenes view of each stage of a film’s production.”
“It’s the class I wish I would have had when I was in film school. Working in the classroom with these students gives me a chance to prepare them,” says McConaughey in the official announcement. “Making movies, turning words on paper into film, is both a science and art — no matter the time or generation. The elements of truth and genuine joy for the process are timeless. That will always be our classroom focus.”
McConaughey, a Texas native, received a film degree from UT Austin in 1993. He’ll next be seen starring in the Guy Ritchie crime thriller The Gentlemen, opening nationwide January 24.
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