Thomas Bywaters Visiting Associate Professor Office: JO 5.502 Phone:  972-883-2230 Email:  txb034000@utdallas.edu

Tom Bywaters' career was spent working in network television in New York and California. He has produced/directed and/or written over 125 network specials (ABC, NBC), documentaries, late-night shows (David Frost), children series (Make a Wish), performances (Great Performances-PBS), and movies. His emphasis is through his experiences in the real world of film and television. In one class taught each term, the students make a complete, full-length, made-for-television movie. In another course, students in groups of five produce a full-length documentary. Another class is concerned with negotiating deals, labor relations, and distribution rights for film and television here and overseas. Mr. Bywaters received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and spent three years in graduate studies at Rice University. He has produced two long-running series for ABC (Americans All, Minorities in America; Make a Wish, a children's prime-time network series) one series with the BBC and the first season of the series Nature, which still runs on PBS. He has won two Emmys, three Peabody awards, the Golden Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, and many other awards.

Areas of Specialization:
Film and television

Education: 
B.A.

Recent publications, productions:

Pro bono videos for the community in recent years.
75th Anniversary Video for the Dallas Woman's Club
50th Anniversary Video for the Crystal Charity Ball
Meadows Award with Wynton Marsalis gala production and videos
Meadows Award with Angela Lansbury gala production and videos
Fundraising Video for the Dallas Theater Center/ Center for Performing Arts

Also:

Texas Commission on the Arts Television/media Panel
Board of Directors of the USA Film Festival
Dallas Museum of Art, Education committee
Promotional Video for the SMU Library system