Student & Alumni Spotlights

NYFA Broadcast Journalism Students Cover Tragic Crash in Times Square
May 19, 2017

NYFA Broadcast Journalism Students Cover Tragic Crash in Times Square

New York Film Academy Broadcast Journalism student Ljuba-Lada Marinovic believes capturing a good story requires both diligence and a sense of urgency. When she and classmate Kyle Morris learned of…

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Industry Trend Series with NYFA Alumna Caitlin Cooke: Casting Associate at Donna Grossman Casting
May 18, 2017

Industry Trend Series with NYFA Alumna Caitlin Cooke: Casting Associate at Donna Grossman Casting

This week, Acting for Film Chair Glynis Rigsby welcomed back her former student Caitlin Cooke for an Industry Trends Series discussion. Aside from her acting career, Cooke is a Casting Associate at Donna Grossman Casting, a…

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MFA Cinematographers Complete Production Design Workshop
May 17, 2017

MFA Cinematographers Complete Production Design Workshop

The Spring 2016 MFA Cinematography students at the New York Film Academy Los Angeles completed their Production Design workshop last week, spending two days building a three-room set.  They worked on…

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NYFA ALUMNUS RAKESH VARRE APPEARS IN BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA
May 12, 2017

NYFA ALUMNUS RAKESH VARRE APPEARS IN BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN CINEMA

The Indian blockbuster “Baahubali: The Conclusion” opened April 28 across 9,000 screens worldwide — including 6,500 in India in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi language versions — and has already…

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NYFA Photography Alumna’s “Living Shape” Selected by the Prestigious Florence Biennale
May 10, 2017

NYFA Photography Alumna’s “Living Shape” Selected by the Prestigious Florence Biennale

New York Film Academy Photography School alumna Zhuoqun Jiang’s photography work, “Living Shape,” has been selected by the Florence Biennale. The Florence Biennale is the major contemporary art exhibition in Florence (Italy), where it is regarded…

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NYFA Acting for Film Alumnus Lands National Commercial for Kellogg’s Eggo
May 10, 2017

NYFA Acting for Film Alumnus Lands National Commercial for Kellogg’s Eggo

Growing up in Argentina, Gonzalo Maiztegui has been acting since drama club days in school. In fact, he recalls the moment he came to the realization that acting was going to be…

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NYFA Australia Gold Coast Alumna Performing with Ever After Parties
May 8, 2017

NYFA Australia Gold Coast Alumna Performing with Ever After Parties

Madison Jennings, graduate of the Acting for Film program at the New York Film Academy Australia, Gold Coast campus, is bringing fantasy characters to life in her role at Ever…

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NYFA Alumni Team up for Short Film “Felices Acá En New York”
May 4, 2017

NYFA Alumni Team up for Short Film “Felices Acá En New York”

While many young artists flock to New York City from all around the world, few realize just how difficult it can be to break into the competitive world of  “show…

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NYFA Grad’s Documentary Shines Light on Historic LGBT Tragedy in “Upstairs Inferno”
May 2, 2017

NYFA Grad’s Documentary Shines Light on Historic LGBT Tragedy in “Upstairs Inferno”

On June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Up Stairs Lounge, a gay bar located on the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. For 43…

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