Congratulations to the Winter Class of 2020 at New York Film Academy Los Angeles (NYFA-LA)!

March 2, 2020

The end of January was an exciting time at New York Film Academy (NYFA), as students and instructors witnessed the culmination of their hard work over multiple days of final screenings, presentations, pitches, and of course, graduation ceremonies. 

Students were able to invite family, friends, and industry professionals and present their work; Filmmaking, Producing, and Acting for Film students held their final screenings at Warner Bros. Studios; Photography students had their work displayed in art galleries; Screenwriting and Producing students pitched ideas to entertainment professionals; and Game Design students presented their creations at a showcase. The excitement concluded with a full day of graduation ceremonies with family and faculty cheering on their graduates.

The January 2020 graduation ceremony was held at the Harmony Gold Theater in West Hollywood. Throughout three ceremonies, family and friends from all over the world gathered to celebrate as NYFA graduates proudly accepted their diplomas and tossed their caps in the air.

Guest speaker and NYFA Board Member Matthew Modine encouraged graduates to be actively present in the moment, instructing students and guests to take a deep breath, while stating, “Conscious breathing reminds us that we are alive, in the moment, and that the moment–this moment–is all there really is. No one has ever existed in the past or the future, there’s only now. You must always remember to breathe.” 


Modine continued his commencement speech by motivating students to hone in on their creativity and open their minds, proclaiming, “Being an artist requires you to think. It demands you to reason, collaborate, and develop a worldview. Your creativity will only be as vast as your imagination. Your talent will manifest in the choices that you make.” 

He added, “Today, you graduated from this Academy and you must now enroll in the school of thought. The cost for this next investment is simply being present and aware of each and every moment.” Modine’s message garnered a positive response from the hopeful graduates, excited to share their creativity with the world. 

New York Film Academy congratulates all of the incredible students who have dedicated so much time and hard work into completing their training here. We look forward to celebrating all their wonderful achievements to come! 

 

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January 2020 Graduates  

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Mahmoud Abul Burghul

Meshaal Al Jaser

Sura Aldakhil

Elton Alexander

Khaled Algrainees

Seda Anbarci

Nida Arif

Alina Averianova

Veronica Badell

Branden Bailey

Ryan Barnes

Catalina Barragan Castano

Frederick Scott Basnight II

Alexander Bethea

Zhishen Bi

Lyndsay Bianco

Jaime Blanson

David Bockenkamp

Jaden Tyler Boland

Ekaterina Bolshakova

Trey Bond

Cole Ryan Brewer

Sarah Brine

Troy Brown

Amara Brown

Nathaniel Bryan

Samuel Buckner

Zhiyin Cai

Lissette Camacho

Matthew Relyea Capron

Federica Carlino

Andrei Carmona Linhares

Yu-Fang (Annie) Chang

Chin-Wei Chang

Lingjuan Chang

Kritika Chawla

Suimeng Chen

Yanqing Chen

Haolin Chen

Yufei Chen

Lan-Chi Chien

Sungho Chun

JaToris Combs

Paige Conroy

Alexis Cruz

Keren Dekterov

Brianna Dickens

Francisca Emma Dolha

Lialdon Donovan-Green

Yuwei Du

Zhiyuan Duan

Daniel Morgan Duddy

Murat Dugan

India Edwards

Theresa Katharina Eschbacher

Jose Escorcia

Anthony Alexander Esparza

Boise Badilla Esquerra

Liujin Fang

Chloe Feller

Aaron J. Field

Devan Ford

Hunter Fox

Huanting Gao

Daniel Garza

Steve Grigdesby

Haining Gu

Abdulrahman Haddadi

Erin Lynnette Hall

Paiten Hamilton

Woonyea Han

Ziwei Han

Wahijadeen Harrison

Jingya He

Skye Hendon

Herbert Antonio Hidalgo

Chia-Yu Hsieh

Xuemao Hu

Xin Huang

Sean Jackson

Sebastian Jaimes

Julianna James

Tian Jin

Bobby LaMont Johnson II

Senka Joti

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Sanaya Gautam Khatri

Mina Khouzam

Shreya Kotian

Anton Krasavin

Brandon Lattman

Nicholas Lehman

Yinghao Li

Junke Li

Yilin Li

Dong Huk Lim

Doudou Lin

Shiyu Liu

Gong Liu

Kameshia Logan

Chenxin Lou

Pedro Louis

Yi Lu

Gabriel Lugo

Chi Ma

Megan Ressa Mann

Yasmine Mazboudi

Jack McKeever

Ryan Mechling

Siyuan Miao

Jaasir Omar Minor

Nicolai Ndambo

Joseph Neibich

Rialene Nel

Nolan Nelson

Zhuoran Ni

Dylan Nuttall

Mudiwa Kennedy Simbai Nyamande

Ashley Oge

Romelia Osorio

Botagoz Ospanova

Caglan Ozdogan

Caterina Piccardo

Justin Piehler

Muhammad Rehan

Jason Dale Rhodes

Kameron Donnel Rory

Alexandra Maria Roth-Rosenthal

Aaron Rowe

Gulshan Salamli

Sharwin Sandesh Samant

Juan Martín Sánchez

Brenda Serrano

Jia Shi

Agnes Shinozaki

Ilan Siegal Berner

Thorunn Sigurdardottir

Chul Hyeon Son

Noelle Soulier

Cristopher Spagna

Athena Stamakinley

Jonathan Stroughter

Jeremy Suarez

Edward Suh

Keping Sun

Yueh-Tzu Sun

Rongkang Sun

Jared Swift

Phyllis Tam

Yuchi Tian

Diego Toussaint

Joaquin Trapero

Szabina Hanna Tutor

Rachel Vaswani

Vitoria Mitsuyo Wada

Jiayu Wang

Yu-Tzu Wang

Shiran Wang

Joshua Weyers

Daniel Wheatley

Anthony White

Banghao Xiao

Jingrui Xin

Zehao Xu

Chuanzhuan Xue

Vladyslav Yuriyovich Yaremov

Chen Yu

Yazeed Zailaee

Miaoling Zhao

Muyun Zhou

Sainan Zhu

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