James Franco showed some love for NYU at the Oscars, and now he's coming back for more. Next year, Franco will teach a section of graduate film students.
Franco mentioned the news in an email to WSN, responding to a question on why he hasn't been very vocal about attending NYU.
"I love NYU," Franco wrote. "My fellow NYU film students are some of my closest friends. I mentioned NYU at the Oscars and on David Letterman; I don't know how to be more vocal about it. I will be teaching NYU graduate students next year."
Franco will teach a section of third year directing in the fall, according to John Tintori, the chair of the graduate division of the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television. Each of the 10-12 students in the class will adapt a Louise Gluck poem; Tintori said Franco has met with Gluck and has secured permission to adapt her work.
"James' own film work has been based on poems, or about poets, so this is a nice fit for him," Tintori wrote in an email. "James has an amazing mind. And limitless energy. Our students will be fortunate to learn from him."
