Former New York University professor José Angel Santana is suing the university in Manhattan Supreme Court, asking to get his job back after he claims he was unfairly fired for giving A-list student James Franco a 'D' in his course.

Santana said he gave the former Oscars host the poor mark after he was absent for 12 of the 14 Directing the Actor II classes he was taking in his master's program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

“The school has bent over backwards to create a Franco-friendly environment, that’s for sure,” the 58-year-old educator told the NY Post. “The university has done everything in its power to curry favor with James Franco."