November 17, 2010

NYFA Alum Signs with Major Talent Agency

New York Film Academy Acting School student Joy Rovaris has just signed with an LA based talent agency. Rovaris is a MFA acting student who completed her first year in…

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October 22, 2010

NYFA LABELED AS TOP GUN OF FILM SCHOOLS!!!

The LA Examiner labeled New York Film Academy as the “TOP GUN OF MODERN FILM SCHOOLS” in its article praising the academy and founder Jerry Sherlock for his no-frills, hands-on…

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October 13, 2010

NYFA ANNOUNCES FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM!!!

THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE PARTICIPATION IN TITLE IV FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS! The steps below will take you through the application process. Be sure to…

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August 16, 2010

Alum Kemi Adetiba Makes Her Name in Music Video Production

http://youtu.be/LvXHjVb7TvE Kemi Adetiba’s ambition within the entertainment industry has expanded the breadth of her career from fashionista to lawyer to DJ to director and producer of music videos. Perhaps the…

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July 16, 2010

Life After NYFA: Documentary Alum Frederik Boll

We’re glad to see NYFA 1-Year Documentary Filmmaking alum Frederik Boll keeps popping up on our radar! You may remember Frederik from his work documenting adventures in grassroots politics on the…

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July 9, 2010

The New York Film Academy & India’s Bollywood

India’s film industry, colloquially known as Bollywood, is the biggest in the world, and aspiring Indian filmmakers need an edge, (or a connection), in order to get a leg up…

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June 21, 2010

How do I pay for film or acting school?

We get a lot of questions at the New York Film Academy about paying for your film and acting education. Our friends in the Financial Aid Department gave us some…

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June 15, 2010

NYC vs LA: Which NYFA campus is right for me?

VS A question we hear often from prospective NYFA students is “which location is right for me?” The decision between attending the New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Los Angeles,…

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May 26, 2010

NYFA Graduate’s Film Sweeps African Academy Awards

The African Movie Academy Awards saw quite a bit of NYFA graduate Kunle Afolayan’s feature film, The Figurine, during their 2010 ceremonies. Out of the ten awards for which it was…

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