ALISA PERREN

Professor and Director of Industry Relations in the department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

SPEAKER – WIFT TX: SPEAKER SERIES 2025 – “STATE OF THE TEXAS MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY”

Alisa Perren is Professor and Director of Industry Relations in the department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research and teaching address evolving production and distribution practices across film, television, and streaming media, with a focus on both scripted and unscripted entertainment.

Her publications include Indie, Inc.: Miramax and the Transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s, The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood, and the forthcoming Navigating Work in the Contemporary Media Industries. She recently served as Project Lead on a report titled Roadmap to the Texas Media Industries: The Passage of the 2025 Film Incentive and Beyond.