Detour Filmproduction
Detour Filmproduction
About
About
Before Slacker, an experimental narrative revolving around 24 hours in the lives of 100 characters, garnered acclaim in 1991, Richard Linklater had made many shorts and completed a Super 8 feature, It's Impossible To Plow By Reading Books (1988).
Linklater's additional credits include the 70's cult hit Dazed and Confused (1993); Before Sunrise (1995), for which he won the Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award for Best Director; SubUrbia (1997); The Newton Boys (1998), a western/gangster film set in the 1920s; the animated feature Waking Life (2001); the real-time drama Tape (2001); the hit comedy School of Rock (2003); $5:15 An Hour (TV); Before Sunset (2004) which earned him an Academy Award nomination; Bad News Bears (2005); A Scanner Darkly (2006); Fast Food Nation (2006); Inning By Inning: A Portrait of a Coach (2008); Me and Orson Welles (2009); Bernie (2012); Up To Speed (2012, Hulu); Before Midnight (2013); and Boyhood (2014).
Linklater also serves as the Artistic Director for the Austin Film Society, which he founded in 1985 to showcase films from around the world that were not typically shown in Austin. Now one of the nation’s top film organizations, The Austin Film Society shows over 200 films a year, has educational programs, and has given out over $1,500,000 in grants to Texas filmmakers since 1996.
Internships
Internships
THE INTERNSHIP
Detour Filmproduction offers semester-long office internships in Austin, TX. While the internship is clerical, we strive to show our interns the ins and outs of a small production company. We hope each intern will leave here with important contacts in the industry.
REQUIREMENTS
Must have a schedule that fits our needs
Must be able to work in-person ~10-12 hours a week for 4 full months
Must have vehicle (Do NOT apply if you don't have a car)
Must have outstanding telephone skills
Must be good with research
Must handle themselves well in a situation with directors/celebrities
Must be able to keep busy when there is downtime
Must be 18 years of age
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for an internship without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, citizen, or any other protected status. No question on this application is intended to secure information to be used for such discrimination. Detour Inc. offers equal opportunity and treatment to all who apply and is committed to diversity in the workplace.
The Spring 2025 applications are open! Please submit via the application below.