Austin Film Society’s 15th Annual Texas Film Awards

Preston Barta // Editor

WHEN | Thursday, March 12th

WHERE | Austin Studios, Stage 7 (1901 East 51st Street)

WHO | Honorees Tommy Lee Jones, Luke Wilson, Guillermo Del Toro, Bonnie Curtis, Boyhood’s Richard Linklater, Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Zoey Graham, John Sloss (Producer), Cathleen Sutherland (Producer), Sandra Adair (Editor), Kirsten McMurray (Co-Producer), Mike Saenz (Assistant Editor), Laura Yates (Post Production Supervisor), and presenters Mike Judge (Master of Ceremonies), Robert Rodriguez, Jess Weikler, Bill Wittliff and Louis Black

Join Austin Film Society for the Crystal Anniversary of the Texas Film Awards and help us celebrate the legacy of Texas film. This renowned event raises money for Austin Film Society’s programs that support filmmakers, promote film culture and build a renowned film community.

The 2015 Texas Film Awards honorees include


L.M. Kit Carson (Posthumous)	Bonnie Curtis	Guillermo del Toro, Honorary Texan

Tommy Lee Jones	Christopher Evan Welch (Posthumous)	Luke Wilson

BOYHOOD to receive
Variety’s Creative Impact in Cinema Award
Director Richard Linklater and stars Patricia Arquette
and Ellar Coltrane will be in attendance to receive the award.


Patricia Arquette	Ellar Coltrane	Richard Linklater

They have SOLD OUT of tickets and tables for the Texas Film Awards.

However, you can still celebrate with us at the Texas Party, but get your tickets NOW because we are close to capacity. It’s going to be a great night! Don’t miss out!

Texas Film Awards Presenters include


Louis Black, Presenting L.M. Kit Carson’s Posthumous Award	Steven Gaydos, Presenting to BOYHOOD	Mike Judge, Emcee

Robert Rodriguez, Presenting to Guillermo del Toro	Jess Weixler, Presenting to Bonnie Curtis	Bill Wittliff, Presenting to Tommy Lee Jones

Preston Barta

I have been working as a film journalist since 2010, dividing the first four years between radio broadcasting and entertainment writing in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. In 2014, I entered Fresh Fiction (FreshFiction.tv) as the features editor. The following year, I stepped into the film critic position at the Denton Record-Chronicle, a daily North Texas print publication. My time is dedicated to writing theatrical film reviews, at-home entertainment columns, and conducting interviews with on-screen talent and filmmakers, as well as hosting a podcast devoted to genre filmmaking (called My Bloody Podcast). I've been married for ten happy years, and I have one son who is all about dinosaurs just like his dad.