He's already teaching a class about himself at Columbia College Hollywood, and now James Franco is taking his knowledge to NYU. The everywhere actor will serve as the instructor for a third-year course on directing at the Tisch School of the Arts, reports the New York Post.

The course will be limited to 12 students and will focus on adapting poetry into short films. Oscar nominee Franco has previously directed several short films, is planning to direct three screenplays, and recently teamed up with rockers R.E.M. to direct two mini movies for the group's Collapse Into Now Film Project.

"He's here to teach because he really knows something about directing that he can share with our students," John Tintori, chair of the graduate film program, tells the New York Post. "He's incredibly prolific, and that comes from a real work ethic — and that's another thing to impart to our students."

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"Black Swan" choreographer Benjamin Millepied claims his fiancée Natalie Portman did 85 percent of her own dancing in the acclaimed film, but Portman's ballet double Sarah Lane insists the star only did 5 percent.

Now, Fox Searchlight has stopped dancing around the issue and is having the final say about the Oscar winner's footwork.

“We were fortunate to have Sarah there to cover the more complicated dance sequences and we have nothing but praise for the hard work she did," the studio said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. "However, Natalie herself did most of the dancing featured in the final film.”

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