Student & Alumni Spotlights

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Alum Dhruv Sachdev Continues Winning Awards
August 13, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Alum Dhruv Sachdev Continues Winning Awards

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking alum Dhruv Sachdev has been very successful since taking the 1-Week Filmmaking Workshop, winning several awards for Redrum and A Gift of Love: Sifar….

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alum Sam LaFrance Featured in Road Theatre Company’s Summer Playwrights Festival
August 13, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alum Sam LaFrance Featured in Road Theatre Company’s Summer Playwrights Festival

Lost Boy, a play written by New York Film Academy (NYFA) Acting for Film alum Sam LaFrance, was recently featured in Road Theatre Company’s Summer Playwrights Festival. LaFrance attended the…

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Gen-Z Chooses This Year’s Winners at the Teen Choice Awards
August 12, 2019

Gen-Z Chooses This Year’s Winners at the Teen Choice Awards

The Teen Choice Awards ceremony aired on August 11, giving out its trademark surf board trophies to a slew of fan favorites, including Robert Downey, Jr. for his role as…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA in Producing Student Phoebe Wang Awarded Movie Magic Scholarship 
August 8, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA in Producing Student Phoebe Wang Awarded Movie Magic Scholarship 

New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA in Producing student Xiaoxiao (Phoebe) Wang was recently awarded the Entertainment Partners’ Movie Magic Scholarship Producer Award Certificate. At the ceremony, Wang was also…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Acting for Film Joshua Morel To Appear In ‘Spenser Confidential’
August 7, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Acting for Film Joshua Morel To Appear In ‘Spenser Confidential’

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Acting for Film alum Joshua Morel will appear in Spenser Confidential, an upcoming film by director Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day)….

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Game Design Alum Guillermo Quesada Helps Develop The Lion King VR Set
August 6, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Game Design Alum Guillermo Quesada Helps Develop The Lion King VR Set

Magnopus, the visual development company that employs New York Film Academy (NYFA) Game Design alum Guillermo Quesada, helped create Disney’s new remake of The Lion King in an innovative, groundbreaking…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Producing Students Aliza Jafri and Jon Legarda Win LA Live Score Film Festival
August 2, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Producing Students Aliza Jafri and Jon Legarda Win LA Live Score Film Festival

New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA in Producing student Aliza Jafri and 1-Year Producing student Jon Legarda won big at this year’s Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival, coming away…

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alum Issa Rae Executive Produces HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show
August 1, 2019

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Alum Issa Rae Executive Produces HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show

This Friday, HBO will premiere its newest comedy series, A Black Lady Sketch Show, executive produced by New York Film Academy (NYFA) alum Issa Rae and created by Robin Thede….

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Two New York Film Academy (NYFA) Documentary Filmmaking Alumni Work on CNN’s ‘The Movies!’
August 1, 2019

Two New York Film Academy (NYFA) Documentary Filmmaking Alumni Work on CNN’s ‘The Movies!’

Rachael Pelzer and William Nestlehutt, both alumni of New York Film Academy’s Documentary Filmmaking school, have worked on the buzzworthy new documentary miniseries from CNN, The Movies! The Movies! is…

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