Student Internships

Due to the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Spring Intern Program has been cancelled.
We encourage all interested individuals to apply for the fall semester.

Internship Program

The internship program offers college students the opportunity to develop a working knowledge of and gain experience in the film, television, animation and video game industries. We are seeking students with excellent communication skills who want to learn how these industries work, and contribute to the film commission’s efforts to promote and expand these industries in Texas.

Internship Programs Offered

Production Internship Program Incentives Internship Program

Deadlines

Spring Semester: January - May
(Application Deadline: November 15)

Summer Semester: June - August
(Application Deadline: April 15)

Fall Semester: September - December
(Application Deadline: July 15)

Intern Alumni Success

More than 300 students have interned at the Texas Film Commission over the past 20 years. Their professional accomplishments after leaving the Film Commission continue to amaze and impress us. Former interns have gone on to work on Texas-made productions, such as:

The Son (AMC), Alita: Battle Angel, Fear the Walking Dead (AMC), Transformers: Age of Extinction, The Leftovers (HBO), Everybody Wants Some, American Crime (ABC), From Dusk Till Dawn (El Rey), True Grit, Sin City, The Tree Of Life, Friday Night Lights (NBC), Parkland, Results and many more.

They have also landed positions at companies, including:

Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Miramax, Lucasfilm, Castle Rock Entertainment, Troublemaker Studios, El Rey Network, Rooster Teeth, Detour Filmproduction, ICM, the Austin Film Festival, the Texas Film Commission, NBCUniversal, Discovery Channel, Phoenix Pictures, Mary Vernieu Casting, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), William Morris Agency (now WME), Austin Film Society and the New York Public Library.