NYFA Summer Camp Grad Michael Gallagher Releases “Internet Famous”
Michael Gallagher began his filmmaking as a Freshman at New York Film Academy’s high school summer program. Whether it was a comedy about a dinosaur with bladder issues or a movie about a prison-bound...
View ArticleStudent Directed Play Series at NYFA Los Angeles
New York Film Academy Acting Department Los Angeles campus is very proud of the Student Directed Play Series, which was completed at the end of the semester in July. Five plays, one original...
View ArticlePhotography Grad Luba Salp Introduces Photography Series “Ambivalence”
photography by Luba Salp Originally from Moscow, Russia, Luba Salp (Liubov Salpagarova) received her education in the UK, France, and Australia before being awarded a scholarship to attend New York...
View ArticleNYFA Australia Grad’s “Ice Cold” to Screen at Several International Film...
Prior to attending the New York Film Academy Australia, Gold Coast, Jonathan Gesthuizen had never written a script. “I really struggled with it to begin with and soon realized that, while it was my...
View ArticleThe Multi-Talented Paul J. Salamoff Visits NYFA’s Business of Screenwriting...
This past week, multi-hyphenate entertainment professional Paul J. Salamoff joined our Business of Screenwriting class to explain how this kid from Natick, Massachusetts went on to work on more than 50...
View ArticleNYFA Student’s “Tempting Fate” Wins Four Awards at The Dove Foundation
Kevin Nwankwor is a current New York Film Academy film student, whose Tempting Fate won four out of five Doves at the Dove Foundation. We sat down and talked to Nwankwor about his latest works, the...
View ArticleNYFA LA Doc Chair Producing “Orchestrating Change”
New York Film Academy Los Angeles Documentary Department Chair Barbara Multer-Wellin is producing a documentary, Orchestrating Change, on an orchestra made up of musicians with mental illness who are...
View ArticleNYFA Grad’s Award-Winning Thesis to Screen at SAG Short Film Showcase
The Moment I Was Alone, directed by New York Film Academy graduate Kellen Gibbs, has been nominated for 20 awards at seven different festivals, winning Best Screenplay at Idyllwild International...
View ArticleNYFA Graduate Produces “Othello” at Theaterlab in NYC
New York Film Academy Acting graduate Luis Christian Dilorenzi and Jung Han Kim in co-production with Time Zone Theatre (London) have put together an acclaimed contemporary interpretation of “Othello”...
View ArticleBroadcast Journalism Update for Mid-August
Investigative journalism is difficult. Not only do you have to uncover facts that some people (often many people) want to keep secret, but it can also be expensive. Committing limited resources to a...
View ArticleNYFA Australia Instructors to Join Port Shorts Young Filmmaker Masterclasses
New York Film Academy Australia and Port Shorts Ambassadors will be participating in Port Shorts Young Filmmaker Masterclasses with teams of high school film students in Cairns and Mossman on August...
View ArticleNYFA Los Angeles Animation Instructor Highlights
Our award-winning faculty and instructors continue to shine in both the classroom and the professional arena. Recently, New York Film Academy Los Angeles Co-Chair of Animation and VFX, Matt Galuppo,...
View ArticleSummer Camp Students Film on Universal “Western” Lot
The New York Film Academy had a huge day on the Universal Backlot last Thursday as the tweens, teens, and Young Storyteller summer camps hit the Western lot to shoot twenty different films in just...
View ArticleNYFA Doc Grad’s BuzzFeed News Video Reaches 30 Million Views
New York Film Academy 6-Week Documentary alumnus, Braulio Jatar, created a compelling BuzzFeed News short documentary about some of the turmoil in Venezuela. That video has now reached over 30 million...
View ArticleNYFA Attends Fox 2016 Television Critics Association
Twice yearly the Television Critics Association gathers to cover the upcoming Fall and Winter programming from major television networks. This year, the New York Film Academy attended the Fox 2016 TCA...
View ArticleNYFA Doc Grad Justin Young to Tour with Colbie Caillat
One of the more enticing aspects of the New York Film Academy’s short-term programs is the fact that students can learn an artistic craft that may be outside of their main creative focus. As for NYFA...
View ArticleNYFA Instructor’s “Summer of 8” in Theaters Sept. 2
New York Film Academy Los Angeles instructor Ryan Schwartz’s debut feature film, “Summer of 8,” is scheduled to be released in select theaters and all VOD platforms on Sept. 2nd, 2016. Schwartz has...
View ArticleNYFA LA Doc Chair Producing “Orchestrating Change”
New York Film Academy Los Angeles Documentary Department Chair Barbara Multer-Wellin is producing a documentary, Orchestrating Change, on an orchestra made up of musicians with mental illness who are...
View ArticleSeth Rogen Screens “Sausage Party” at New York Film Academy
Actor, writer, producer, and director Seth Rogen dropped by the New York Film Academy Los Angeles campus on Wednesday, August 17th to show his new R-animated movie Sausage Party and talk about his long...
View ArticlePokémon Go Hunt with Creative Director and NYFA Instructor John Zuur Platten
New York Film Academy hosted its first ever Pokémon Go hunt this month at the Los Angeles campus. About one hundred students, faculty, and fans joined Creative Director at Niantic Labs and Game Design...
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