Academic Programs

Former NFL Player-Turned-Writer Pat Hegarty Talks Business with NYFA Students
August 14, 2015

Former NFL Player-Turned-Writer Pat Hegarty Talks Business with NYFA Students

Recently, movie and video game writer Patrick Hegarty dropped by New York Film Academy’s Business of Screenwriting class to share his remarkable journey of how this one-time professional NFL football player…

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Watch Broadcast Journalism Chair’s WWII Doc ‘So Very Far From Home’
August 11, 2015

Watch Broadcast Journalism Chair’s WWII Doc ‘So Very Far From Home’

Eight years ago, New York Film Academy Broadcast Journalism Chair, Bill Einreinhofer produced a documentary called So Very Far From Home. The documentary is about innocent American, British, Australian and Dutch children…

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NYFA Alum Aubrey Plaza from ‘Parks & Recreation’ Revisits Her Alma Mater
August 10, 2015

NYFA Alum Aubrey Plaza from ‘Parks & Recreation’ Revisits Her Alma Mater

New York Film Academy students gathered in a theater on the Warner Bros. studios lot in Los Angeles to watch a special screening of the indie comedy Safety Not Guaranteed,…

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NYFA GRAD CHRIS LOFING’S THE GALLOWS SCREENS IN THEATERS WORLDWIDE
August 7, 2015

NYFA GRAD CHRIS LOFING’S THE GALLOWS SCREENS IN THEATERS WORLDWIDE

It’s the dream of every filmmaker who graduates from our programs to have a manager sign you and produce your feature film. That alone is a major accomplishment. In the…

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Indie Filmmakers and New York Film Academy Instructors Present ‘The Last Survivors’
August 6, 2015

Indie Filmmakers and New York Film Academy Instructors Present ‘The Last Survivors’

Students gathered in New York Film Academy Los Angeles’s theater to watch a special advance screening of the new indie film The Last Survivors and participate in a Q&A with…

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NYFA Hosts “Life in Television” Panel with Final Draft
August 4, 2015

NYFA Hosts “Life in Television” Panel with Final Draft

Recently, the New York Film Academy’s Screenwriting Department, in cooperation with Final Draft, hosted the second in a series of “Life In” panels. This second panel arranged for NYFA’s Final…

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Broadcast Journalism Summer Camp Wraps
August 3, 2015

Broadcast Journalism Summer Camp Wraps

Our 2015 Broadcast Journalism “Teen Camp” at New York Film Academy New York City wrapped up recently. Drawing students from as far away as Korea, the Dominican Republic and Taiwan,…

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Star of “Laverne & Shirley” Actress Cindy Williams Makes NYFA Laugh
July 31, 2015

Star of “Laverne & Shirley” Actress Cindy Williams Makes NYFA Laugh

New York Film Academy students came together in our Los Angeles campus theater to watch a compilation of scenes featuring actress Cindy Williams and then participate in a Q&A with…

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A Stop Motion Gift from China
July 30, 2015

A Stop Motion Gift from China

New York Film Academy Los Angeles animation students recently enjoyed a rare treat when visiting professor and stop motion artist Xian Wu gave a presentation of his amazing works, including clips…

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