Our Guide to the Best Apps for Aspiring Filmmakers
With the rise of apps through smart phones and tablet devices, visual storytellers of all stripes have more tools with which to complete a project than ever before. At times, an aspiring filmmaker or...
View ArticleA ‘Second Wind’ For NYFA Grad Sarah Choi
As most of us know, going through a breakup can be a very difficult and tumultuous time. And while some of us tend to get down, struggling to get through the days, artists often find inspiration from...
View ArticleNYFA Screens Best Picture Winner ’12 Years A Slave’ with Cinematographer Sean...
Sean Bobbitt at NYFA LA A day after 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, New York Film Academy Los Angeles students were treated to a private screening of the film at Warner...
View ArticleNYFA Filmmaking Grad Honored at Ani Ng Dangal in Manila
This past February, New York Film Academy graduate, Jameelah Rose del Prado Lineses was honored at the 6th Ani Ng Dangal (Presidential Award) at the Resorts World Manila. Her film, Will You Marry Me?,...
View ArticleNYFA Alum Rohit Gupta in the Running for the Prestigious NRI of the Year Award
New York Film Academy alumnus and New York-based film director, Rohit Gupta, is one of five global Indians short-listed for the prestigious NRI (Non-Resident Indian) of the Year award for Distinctive...
View ArticleAppear in a Promotional Campaign for Spider-Man 2
Attention Spider-Man fans! ACTION CASTING is looking for knowledgeable and enthusiastic Spider-Man super fans from the New York Film Academy to audition for a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Visit one...
View ArticleScreening of ‘Over Again’ at NYFA Union Square
Join us this Thursday, March 13th 6:00pm at NYFA Union Square for a screening of the Korean drama, Over Again. OVER AGAIN 개똥이 2013 / Drama / 81min / NR / Korean with English Subtitle Directed by Kim,...
View ArticleAn Evening with Steve Tisch: Winner of the Oscar and Super Bowl
Steve Tisch Recently, lyricist Robert Lopez became the 12th member of the exclusive E.G.O.T. Club – Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Yet there is an even more exclusive club, one that I am officially...
View ArticleMFA Screenwriters Pitch Scripts to the Pro’s
The graduating Sept 2012 MFA Screenwriters from New York Film Academy in Los Angeles had their Pitch Fest on Wednesday, March 5th, 2014, at the Andaz Hotel on the Sunset Strip. The Pitch Fest is run...
View ArticleRenowned Manager/Producer Ben Press Speaks at NYFA
Students were thrilled to hear renowned manager and producer Ben Press speak this past Monday at New York Film Academy Los Angeles’s School for Acting. Ben’s radiant energy spread through the packed...
View ArticleActing for Film Graduate Stars in Finnish Comedy ‘Bunny The Killer Thing’
Roope Olenius Roope Olenius, who graduated with his BFA-degree in acting for film at the Los Angeles campus last year, has just finished shooting his part for the film Bunny the Killer Thing. Olenius...
View Article3D Animation Grads Selected to NYC SIGGRAPH Board of Directors
Mark Reynolds and Elize Ohira, both June 2013 graduates from New York Film Academy’s one-year 3D Animation Conservatory program, were recently elected to the Board of Directors for NYC ACM SIGGRAPH,...
View ArticleNYFA Alumnus Sergei Ivonin Talks with Students About Covering the 2014 Sochi...
When Sergei Ivonin became a student at the New York Film Academy, he had high career goals but lacked the skills to attain them. Thanks to what he learned at NYFA, he is now a staff producer with NBC...
View ArticleCongratulations One Year Photography Students!
photo by Andrew Linga Last Saturday night, students from the July 2013 One Year Photography program celebrated their graduation with a final exhibition on the 4th floor of the New York Film Academy...
View ArticleMFA Producing Grads’ Feature Horror ‘Rabid Love’ Available On Demand
If you grew up on 80′s horror, slasher films like Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, and American Werewolf in London, you will want to check out the film Rabid Love. Its throwback to the classic slasher genre...
View ArticleBroadcast Journalism Students Don’t Just Cover The News At NYFA
Broadcast Journalism students at the New York Film Academy just don’t cover stories, sometimes they get covered in the story. Case in point, two of our Evening students, at the Holi (Festival of...
View ArticleNYFA Los Angeles Wraps its Write Start Contest Workshop
NYFA Los Angeles Screenwriting Room Often a writer confines his or herself, staying true to his or her own thoughts. Typically, the writer is stubborn, holding strong to the original idea. However,...
View ArticleNYFA Abu Dhabi Grad’s ‘Stepping Out’ Wins 2 Awards at LA Indie Film Festival
Stepping Out, a short film directed by our former Ukrainian student Nataliya Padilla, just received two awards: Best Actress and Best Director at the LA Indie Film Festival. The film has also been...
View ArticleOrgan Vida Photography Festival Now Open for Submissions
Here is an interesting opportunity for New York Film Academy photography students. The International festival of photography Organ Vida, which is set to launch its sixth edition this year, has...
View ArticleNYFA Los Angeles Filmmaking Grad Launches Online Casting Website
MFA Filmmaking graduate, Mohamed Koaik, from New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, has recently launched an online casting website Talent MENA for the Middle East & North African region (MENA). It...
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