Community Highlights

NYFA Australia’s Aqeedat Chishti Nominated for 2022 Gold Coast Student Excellence Award
November 9, 2022

NYFA Australia’s Aqeedat Chishti Nominated for 2022 Gold Coast Student Excellence Award

New York Film Academy Australia will be present at the prestigious Gold Coast Student Excellence Awards. The awards celebrate students that make significant contributions to the Gold Coast community through…

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NYFA Screenwriting & Filmmaking Instructor Highlighted in National Arts Education Week
November 3, 2022

NYFA Screenwriting & Filmmaking Instructor Highlighted in National Arts Education Week

Writer, Speaker, Producer, and NYFA Screenwriting Instructor Alex Simmons spoke at the 75th Anniversary of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) National Convention in 2022.  Watch Writer & Producer Alex…

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Colonel Jack Jacobs and Chris Moore Meet with Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County
November 2, 2022

Colonel Jack Jacobs and Chris Moore Meet with Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County

This week, New York Film Academy’s (NYFA) Chair of the Veterans Advancement Program, and Medal of Honor recipient, Colonel Jack Jacobs, and NYFA’s Director of the Division of Veterans Services…

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NYFA Miami Campus Screens ‘Colonel Jack’
November 1, 2022

NYFA Miami Campus Screens ‘Colonel Jack’

New York Film Academy’s (NYFA) Chair of the Veterans Advancement Program, and Medal of Honor recipient, Colonel Jack Jacobs had the pleasure of visiting NYFA’s campus in South Beach, Florida…

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Peacock Original ‘Hell of a Cruise’ Produced by NYFA Alum Mehdi Darlis
October 28, 2022

Peacock Original ‘Hell of a Cruise’ Produced by NYFA Alum Mehdi Darlis

You’re stuck on a cruise ship for fourteen days. A mysterious illness is spreading as fast as the Motaba virus in the movie Outbreak (1995). Sounds like a nightmare–except it…

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Q&A with MFA Producing Alum Paul Hutchens About the Documentary Series ‘Life After’
October 21, 2022

Q&A with MFA Producing Alum Paul Hutchens About the Documentary Series ‘Life After’

Paul Hutchens, Producer, and Writer is known for his film and television work, including Coconut Cowboys, A Football Fantasy, Loco, The Other Side of Normal, Rabid Love, and Mamma Mia!…

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3d animation school nyfa
October 14, 2022

NYFA Los Angeles 3D ANIMATION & VFX FACULTY: INTERVIEW WITH CRAIG CATON-LARGENT

Whether it’s a creepy monster in a horror movie, slithering a tentacle out from under a bed, or an otherwordly creature the size of a skyscraper, if it’s made you…

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nyfa photography faculty
October 13, 2022

NYFA Los Angeles Photography Faculty: Interview with Naomi White

Photographer Garry Winogrand once said, “I look at a photograph. What’s going on? What’s happening photographically? If it’s interesting, I try to understand why.” As an abolitionist feminist, artist, and…

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doc filmmaking faculty nyfa
October 11, 2022

NYFA New York Filmmaking Faculty: Interview with Andrea Swift

As many of the most influential filmmakers know, the key to making a great film is telling a good story. For Andrea Swift, NYFA Filmmaking Chair, who has over 20…

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