Screenwriting

BFA Filmmaking Student Screens “The Script” at Bucheon Fantastic Film Fest
July 23, 2015

BFA Filmmaking Student Screens “The Script” at Bucheon Fantastic Film Fest

We’d like to congratulate one of our BFA Filmmaking students at New York Film Academy Los Angeles, Chang Hyun Park, whose short film The Script screened at the 19th Bucheon International Fantastic…

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Screenwriter and Reality TV Story Producer Ed Klau Sits Down with NYFA Students
July 20, 2015

Screenwriter and Reality TV Story Producer Ed Klau Sits Down with NYFA Students

Recently, screenwriter and reality TV story producer Edward Klau visited with New York Film Academy Business of Screenwriting students to talk about his unique path in the entertainment business–from working…

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Matthew Jennison on Starting His Screenwriting Career from a ‘Wonder Woman’ Spec
June 23, 2015

Matthew Jennison on Starting His Screenwriting Career from a ‘Wonder Woman’ Spec

This past semester, screenwriter Matthew Jennison visited with our Business of Screenwriting students to regale his improbable story about how he literally sold his first project to Warner Bros.—without any…

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Alum and Instructor Luisa Parnes Featured on GloboTV
June 22, 2015

Alum and Instructor Luisa Parnes Featured on GloboTV

One of our former students from Brazil, Luisa Parnes, who currently teaches screenwriting at New York Film Academy in New York, was hand picked to be highlighted on Brazil’s largest television…

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Jamaican Novelist Roger Williams Sets Sights on Film
June 11, 2015

Jamaican Novelist Roger Williams Sets Sights on Film

Already with a successful novel under his belt, American-based Jamaican novelist, Roger Williams, came to the New York Film Academy to expand his creative writing abilities in the field of screenwriting….

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Business of Screenwriting Welcomes WGA’s Geoff Betts
May 21, 2015

Business of Screenwriting Welcomes WGA’s Geoff Betts

New York Film Academy Screenwriting students were treated to Writers Guild of America executive Geoff Betts who visited their Business of Screenwriting class to discuss, contract minimums, protections, residuals and…

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“Homeland” Executive Producer Gideon Raff Visits NYFA
May 15, 2015

“Homeland” Executive Producer Gideon Raff Visits NYFA

On Wednesday, May 14th students gathered in New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles Theater to view the pilot for the recently released TV series Dig followed by a Q&A with…

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Screenwriting Student’s ‘May is for Mayhem’ Finalist at LA Comedy Festival
May 12, 2015

Screenwriting Student’s ‘May is for Mayhem’ Finalist at LA Comedy Festival

Given the month, it seems appropriate to announce that screenwriting student Andrew Messersmith’s screenplay May is for Mayhem was selected as a finalist in this year’s LA Comedy Fest. Andrew has…

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‘Inside Man’ Screenwriter Russell Gewirtz Talks Inside Hollywood
May 6, 2015

‘Inside Man’ Screenwriter Russell Gewirtz Talks Inside Hollywood

This Tuesday, the New York Film Academy in Union Square New York City welcomed Hollywood screenwriter Russell Gewirtz. Gewirtz is best known as the screenwriter of the Universal Studios hit…

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