A Talk with Fulbright Scholar Elena Kulikova
Many young people who are dreaming of being able to enroll in a higher education institution in the United States often give up this idea because of high tuition costs. But for those who really want to...
View ArticleNYFA Alumna Livi Zheng Screens Debut Feature “Brush with Danger”
On June 8th, New York Film Academy students were treated to an inspirational evening with one of their own when they attended a screening and Q&A with NYFA alumna, feature film director, and...
View ArticleNYFA Grad Directs “Hands of Stone” with Robert De Niro
Jonathan Jakubowicz Over the years, boxing films have provided the cinema with many dramatic elements that make for an award-winning film. Directors like Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, and David O’...
View ArticleNYFA Awards “The King of Judo” at Moscow Pitch Fest
The Youth Center of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation held its eighth Pitch Fest for Debutants as part of the 38th Moscow International Film Festival on June 21-22. Over the...
View ArticleNYFA Welcomes Hong Kong Director Adam Wong
New York Film Academy welcomed Hong Kong director Adam Wong as part of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York (HKETONY) program, which showcased nine distinguished Hong Kong films in New...
View ArticleNYFA’s Ken Lerner Appears on HBO’s “Silicon Valley”
Mike Judge’s HBO comedy, Silicon Valley, which surrounds the lives of young computer programmers who head out to Northern California to succeed in technology, has been a wild success thus far. Now in...
View ArticleNYFA Docs’“Freya” Selected to Screen at G2 Earth Film Festival
New York Film Academy Documentary Department is proud to announce that Freya is an Official Selection of the G2 Green Earth Film Festival. Last November, the film premiered with four other NYFA student...
View ArticleNYFA Doc Grad Directs Award-Winning Feature “Gazelle: The Love Issue”
Gazelle: The Love Issues, directed by New York Film Academy One-Year Documentary graduate Cesar Terranova, started as a five minute short project. It then grew into a feature documentary and became one...
View ArticleFormer Student to Present Photo Exhibition at Cloud Gallery in NYC
Stone Wong Born and raised in Hong Kong, the New York based photographer and former New York Film Academy Photography student Stone Wong has been featured in Gothesque Magazine and Nam Magazine. With...
View ArticleSony Chair Michael Lynton Says Now is the Best Time to Make Movies
With Sony’s new Ghostbusters film coming out this Friday, the timing couldn’t have been any better to welcome Chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Michael Lynton, to the New York Film Academy’s Guest...
View ArticleDavid Bowers Speaks with Summer High School Students
This week, director David Bowers brought his latest project, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, the third installment in the Wimpy Kid franchise, to screen at the New York Film Academy – Los Angeles...
View ArticleNYFA News on the Scene with President Obama
Earlier this year two of our Broadcast Journalism students — Alisa Rajkitkul and Urvashi Barua — became accredited White House reporters. This means they are entitled to attend any White House media...
View ArticleMFA Photography Grad Nominated as Top 15 Best National Cosplay Photographer...
photo by Alify Nasution MFA Photography Alumnus, Alify Nasution, has been nominated by Cosplay Gen Magazine as one of the top 15 Best National cosplay Photographers of 2016. Nasution is a fine art...
View ArticleAlumna Nabs Portuguese-Brazilian Award
NYFA alumna, Gabby Egito, being honored with the Portuguese-Brazilian Award NYFA alumna, Gabby Egito, was recently honored with the Portuguese-Brazilian Award, one of the most important accolades of...
View ArticleFinding Your Visual Identity in the Digital Age with Ralph Gibson
Each month the New York Film Academy’s various locations holds an Open House for applicants and those interested in learning more about the hands-on programs offered in each specific discipline. This...
View ArticleMFA Cinematography Students Film Scenes for Master’s Lighting Workshop
The Fall 2015 MFA Cinematography students have just completed Master’s Lighting, one of several major workshop classes in the third semester of the MFA Cinematography program. The class was taught by...
View Article16mm Camera Test at Griffith Park
As a part of Six-Week 16mm & HD New York Film Academy Filmmaking Camp our students learn how to actually shoot on film. Why, you may ask? Well, regardless of the fact that nowadays digital imaging...
View ArticleNYFA Doc Grad’s “Legacy” Earns Award at the White House
The tradition of cowboying is alive and well—in Brooklyn. In former New York Film Academy Documentary student Amy Wright’s film, Legacy, which premiered at DOC NYC in 2015, Wright takes a glimpse into...
View ArticleStudents and Alumni Meet with Agents
As the clock struck 7:00 at the New York Film Academy Los Angeles Campus the lobby began to fill with acting students and alumni. Agents from Abrams Artists Agency, Central Artists, Daniel Hoff Agency,...
View ArticleLegendary ICM Agent Boaty Boatywright Speaks at NYFA NYC
The New York Film Academy recently welcomed distinguished ICM talent agent, Boaty Boatwright, who has been in the business for fifty years. Moderated by producer Tova Laiter, the gracious guest fielded...
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