New York Film Academy would like to congratulate another class of graduating students.
The end of a program is always a bittersweet time, as our students and instructors develop a strong bond over the many intense hours spent learning, practicing, and crafting projects, but before the winter class of 2018 walked across the graduation stage to accept their diplomas, the New York Film Academy celebrated all the graduates’ work with a series of final pres
entations. The day before graduation, all students were given an opportunity to show off their work for family, friends, and entertainment professionals. Filmmaking, Documentary, Acting for Film and Cinematography students held their final screenings at the Riverside Theater and on the Warner Brothers Studios backlot. Photography students had their work displayed in galleries throughout Los Angeles. Game Design students held a game night where anyone in the school could play their games. Writing and Producing students had evenings where they could pitch their projects to industry professionals.
The winter 2018 graduation ceremony was held at the Harmony Gold Theatre in Hollywood. The graduating class of 2018 was so large the ceremony had to be broken into two parts. Both ceremonies were standing room only. Families and friends came from all over the world.
In his graduation speech, NYFA Instructor Mike Civille asked the students to think of their education as a gift. He said, “You come from places near and far. You have treated each other and your instructors to your fascinating stories. In this process, you have joined the great filmmakers who have also spoken to audiences about what was important to them. You have learned a new universal language. It’s young, only 100 years old. It crosses both political and cultural borders. This was the gift of the Lumiere brothers and it has traveled all the way to you. Use it wisely to tell your story.”
The New York Film Academy would like to congratulate all of the incredible students who have completed their training here. We look forward to watching your films, playing your games, seeing your photographs, and celebrating your creative endeavors for years to come. Congratulations.
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Marlo Butler
Emmanuel Pierre Cartier
Undarga Enkhbaatar
Isaac Wesley Fairley
Gillian Griffin
Terrel Mollison
2-Year Acting for Film
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Rodrigo Borges
Peter Gomes
Raymond Karago
Tiara Donyae Murray
Kurtis Potter
Taraiyasi Hans Prymwaqa
Matthew Robertson
BFA Acting for Film
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Luis Cordoba
Zhiyun Zhou
MFA Acting for Film
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Taylor Byers
Rebecca Cannizzaro
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Jason Dolciani
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Lara Manatta Tenorio
Jaylyn Neal
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Amber Resha Satcher
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Eric Slaughter
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2-Year Producing
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MFA Producing
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BFA Screenwriting
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MFA Screenwriting
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Carmen Nelson
Shane Redding
Raul Ravindrakumar Sharma
Melarissa Benedicta Sjarief
Abigail Spencer
Adam Tetelbaum
Elon Washington
MFA Photography
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Monika Sedziute
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MFA Documentary Filmmaking
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Amjad Tkroni
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MFA Game Design
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Grace Ogwo
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Santosh Peri
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AFA Filmmaking
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BFA Filmmaking
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Ahmed Alghamdi
Lionel Allen
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Danila Butovskiy
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Yaser Hammad
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Lingxiao Jin
Michael Moran
Muhammad Raheem Sultan
Victor Valerio
Paulina Zamorano Castillo
Marc Vital Guerin
Jialei Li
Yaonan Liu
Topaz Peretz
Yiding Xia
Federico Sanna
MA Film & Media Production
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Oliver Berger
Mansi Nitin Desai
Qiqi Duan
Hongzhi Guo
Maryna Kovalevska
Katlego Makhudu
Natsumi Shibata
Brionna Sutton
Alessandro Turco
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Nihal Vasudevan
Chuning Wang
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Jialin Fu
Yuanmei Ge
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Hongdon Lee
Yixiang Li
Hai Yao Liang
Na Liu
Yiwen Liu
Jianan Ma
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Anita Name Dos Santos
Guangtao Pi
Hugo Machado Salvaterra
George Savidis
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Jiewen Wang
Qiushi Xi
Yuanyuan Xu
Yuan Yue
Han Zeng
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Haoruo Zhang
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