Deepak Chetty’s sci-fi thriller “Hard Reset” (2015) was the first stereoscopic 3-D graduate thesis film (in conjunction with UT3D) at UT and, according to his thesis adviser, "one of the most technically ambitious films ever produced at UT." Before receiving his M.F.A. from UT Austin, Chetty was already an accomplished post-production generalist in NYC. In addition to his directing and visual effects (VFX) expertise, Chetty’s cinematography has been featured at major festivals including SXSW, Silverdocs, Slamdance and Seattle International Film Festival. His first feature film as cinematographer “The Love Inside” (2015), directed by RTF alumni Andy Irvine and Mark Smoot, will be released soon. Beyond his fiction based creative pursuits, he currently is working as a consultant and researcher in the field of immersive media, which includes projects in virtual reality, augmented reality and stereoscopic imaging.

I'm the director of the School of Journalism and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

I arrived at UT-Austin in August 2014 from Stanford University, where I joined the faculty four years earlier after leaving The Washington Post. At The Post, my roles included Metro Editor, Sunday Editor and Deputy Universal News Editor.