Student & Alumni Spotlights

NYFA Student Writes and Directs Italian Web Series
July 30, 2014

NYFA Student Writes and Directs Italian Web Series

Even though Francesco Mazza had already been writing for popular television shows in Italy, he decided to move to New York to challenge himself and become a better artist. “My…

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New York Film Academy in Association with Warner Bros. Records Produces Jenny Lewis’ New Music Video
July 24, 2014

New York Film Academy in Association with Warner Bros. Records Produces Jenny Lewis’ New Music Video

One of the many exciting partnerships the New York Film Academy has developed is with Warner Bros. Records. From this exciting collaboration, the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles…

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Acting Grad & Instructor Team Up For One-Woman Show
July 21, 2014

Acting Grad & Instructor Team Up For One-Woman Show

We’re so proud to announce the upcoming production of mislabeledilEMMA: No, I Don’t Have Downs Syndrome, which will make its premiere at the 18th annual New York International Fringe Festival. The…

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MFA Actress Cast in Off-Broadway Play ‘I’m Sorry’
July 18, 2014

MFA Actress Cast in Off-Broadway Play ‘I’m Sorry’

This past June, the Afrikan Women’s Repertory Company put on The Spring into Summer Festival, which consisted of seven plays over the span of one weekend at the Producers Club…

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Q&A with Parks and Recreation Star and Former Student Aubrey Plaza
June 27, 2014

Q&A with Parks and Recreation Star and Former Student Aubrey Plaza

There’s no prouder moment for the New York Film Academy than seeing our very own break through the walls of Hollywood to become a household name. Such is the case…

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Master Class with Award-Winning Filmmaker & NYFA Grad Rob Hardy
June 12, 2014

Master Class with Award-Winning Filmmaker & NYFA Grad Rob Hardy

As part of the African Black Film Festival 2014, New York Film Academy graduate and highly successful filmmaker, Rob Hardy, will be holding a Master Class at the SVA Theatre…

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NYFA Broadcast Journalism School Inspired Award-Winning Career
May 30, 2014

NYFA Broadcast Journalism School Inspired Award-Winning Career

It is more than 4,000 miles from Budapest to New York. Yet, when Hungarian videomaker Andras Takacs wanted to learn the skills essential to being a successful broadcast journalist, he…

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NYFA Grad Releases New Book: ‘Notes From a Colored Girl’
May 28, 2014

NYFA Grad Releases New Book: ‘Notes From a Colored Girl’

New York Film Academy graduate, Karsonya Wise Whitehead has recently released a book entitled, Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis. In the…

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Screenwriting Instructors Release New Graphic Novel ‘Lost and Found’
May 23, 2014

Screenwriting Instructors Release New Graphic Novel ‘Lost and Found’

New York Film Academy Screenwriting instructors, Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir continue their work in the field of graphic novels with the third in their series of AMY DEVLIN MYSTERIES….

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