Student & Alumni Spotlights

NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Alumna Andrea Blake is Associate Producer for VICE on HBO’s “Between Oil and Water”
August 25, 2017

NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Alumna Andrea Blake is Associate Producer for VICE on HBO’s “Between Oil and Water”

“Between Oil and Water” is the latest VICE on HBO piece to benefit from the inestimable talents of New York Film Academy Documentary Filmmaking grad and associate producer Andrea Blake….

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NYFA Student Documentarian Braulio Jatar Interviewed by VICE on Resistance in Venezuela
August 22, 2017

NYFA Student Documentarian Braulio Jatar Interviewed by VICE on Resistance in Venezuela

There are many ways students can spend their breaks from school, but Braulio Jatar took a leave of absence from his studies in the 1-Year Documentary Filmmaking Program at the…

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NYFA Alumnus Dr. Mukesh Hariawala’s Journey from Heart Surgeon to Bollywood Actor
August 22, 2017

NYFA Alumnus Dr. Mukesh Hariawala’s Journey from Heart Surgeon to Bollywood Actor

While many adults around the world return to school to change careers, you don’t often hear about heart surgeons who decide to leave medicine to pursue acting — and then…

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NYFA Acting for Film Alumna Samantha Hamadeh Hosts Comedy Central Arabia’s “Ridiculousness Arabia”
August 18, 2017

NYFA Acting for Film Alumna Samantha Hamadeh Hosts Comedy Central Arabia’s “Ridiculousness Arabia”

In 2010 Samantha Hamadeh graduated from the One Year Acting Program at New York Film Academy. Her 3.9 GPA should have tipped everyone off that she was headed toward great…

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NYFA Power Couple Haik Gazarian & Valentina Rendón Share Their Success Story
August 18, 2017

NYFA Power Couple Haik Gazarian & Valentina Rendón Share Their Success Story

At the New York Film Academy, it is not uncommon to see actors and directors who have already made great strides in their career seek a focused short-term learning experience…

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NYFA Acting for Film Alumnus Hayden Szeto Visits Los Angeles Campus as Guest Speaker
August 17, 2017

NYFA Acting for Film Alumnus Hayden Szeto Visits Los Angeles Campus as Guest Speaker

On Tuesday, August 15 New York Film Academy alumnus Hayden Szeto returned to the Los Angeles campus to share his latest hit “The Edge of Seventeen.” Q and A Series…

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NYFA Acting Instructor’s “The Good Catholic” Distributed by Broadgreen Pictures and Gravitas Ventures
August 16, 2017

NYFA Acting Instructor’s “The Good Catholic” Distributed by Broadgreen Pictures and Gravitas Ventures

This September, New York Film Academy Instructors Zachary Spicer and John Robert Armstrong’s independent feature “The Good Catholic” will release in more than 20 cities across the U.S. and 15…

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Mid-August Updates From the NYFA Broadcast Journalism School
August 14, 2017

Mid-August Updates From the NYFA Broadcast Journalism School

In journalism, we always try to “get ahead of the story.” That is, not just report what has already happened but also cover what may well happen next. TVNewser had…

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NYFA Filmmaking Alumna Ahd Kamel Stars in Netflix’s “Collateral”
August 11, 2017

NYFA Filmmaking Alumna Ahd Kamel Stars in Netflix’s “Collateral”

New York Film Academy 1-Year Filmmaking Program alumna Ahd Kamel will star in upcoming Netflix and BBC collaboration “Collateral.” As reported in Stepfeed, “Collateral” is a 4-part thriller set in…

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