Vseant Nath has been studying improv since 2017 and immediately fell in love with it. He then decided to take some acting workshops not long after to fully understand the craft of performance, where he discovered he thoroughly enjoyed the direction given by the instructors.
“This sparked my interest in producing and directing,” he shared. “I purchased books on filmmaking, but I had been researching the NYFA program as well. Then, COVID hit and it was a standstill for all, but my passion for learning continued and I was further drawn towards NYFAs hands-on approach.”
Nath then decided to be one of the first groups of people to take NYFA’s new Online Film Directing Workshops. While it wasn’t in-person learning because of the pandemic, Nath was able to still have an active creative learning experience from the comfort of his own home, interacting with the instructor and his classmates over Zoom, and creating original work.
“I was now being taught by the best of the best instructors at NYFA, right from the safe space of my home,” said Nath. “It was one of the most exciting things in my life at that moment and the experience was further amplified by the whole world being at a standstill. I felt it was an extreme privilege to be learning with other students from across the globe.”
After getting to take the Online Workshop course at NYFA, Nath shared that anyone who wants to go out and become a filmmaker needs to seek to create for themselves. “Create films, as many as you can. Study them, make them better each time. You’ll have good ones and bad ones, but they’re yours. Be open to criticism; good bad and otherwise.”
Now that he is done with his course, Nath has been focused on creating inspiring stories with impactful scenes with his VanPack Productions. Inspired by his grandmother who raised him, his inherited love of storytelling inspired him to create the production company and produce content, with his current goal to produce 20 short films before his first feature film.
Nath’s company is currently working on shooting a new episode of Ganush: The Pursuit of 5 Stars, which is based on Nath’s own experience with unfair online reviews. “It made me think about the struggles of the business owner and the reviewer,” he remarked. The NYFA alum also has also created film festival favorites Nature Crawls, Pigs in a Blanket: A Bloody Tale, and Mic in: Dead Silent, and is currently working on more shorts including the horror film Inked.
Booked and busy on his next projects, NYFA congratulates alum Vseant Nath on his upcoming projects and is excited to celebrate Nath upon the release of his first feature film in the near future.