Bollywood’s Sex and the City
Kalkata native, Shailja Gupta set her dreams early on in life with the goal of making her own films. After attending the New York Film Academy‘s film school in 2009,…
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July 30, 2012
July 26, 2012
Sprinting Toward Hollywood: A Pro Athlete Turned Actress
As a child in Markham, Ontario, Charlotte Plummer was involved in countless extra-curricular activities: ballet, modern dance, piano, accordion, trombone, horseback riding, acting classes. She did well in all…
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July 24, 2012
Life After Animation School
It’s been five years since Scott Cullen graduated from New York Film Academy‘s Animation School, and he’s now working at a major animation and visual effects house in Los Angeles, Rythm…
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July 23, 2012
It’s Never Too Late To Pursue Acting
They say it’s never too late to start your dreams. At the age of 35, Silje Aas Meyer finally got the courage to follow her childhood dream to become an…
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July 18, 2012
Winning in Casablanca
One year filmmaking graduate, Jaouad Bouddehbine, won Best Fiction at The Casablanca International Student Film Festival and was selected at Angelus Student Film Festival with his film, Stricken, which was his thesis film at New York Film Academy. The Moroccan…
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July 16, 2012
Student Dylan Howard’s PBS Documentary ‘Sculpting Peace’
Current New York Film Academy 2 Year Filmmaking Student, Dylan Howard’s documentary Mimi Sammis: Sculpting Peace premiered on PBS as part of the ongoing series, Rhode Island Stories. Sculpting Peace documents the…
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July 12, 2012
How to Succeed at the Game of Acting
So many of New York Film Academy‘s instructors have secret lives outside of teaching, and we’re always proud to hear about their accomplishments. Such is the case with NYFA Acting…
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June 28, 2012
Financing Your Indie Film and Developing an Audience
Rohit Gupta is a Mumbai native who came to the United States over 12 years ago. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, Rohit didn’t have “the slightest idea about filmmaking”…
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June 26, 2012
Sarah Louise Wilson’s Feature to Air on PBS This Weekend!
New York Film Academy MFA Film student Sarah Louise Wilson is riding a wave of success. Her films have played at 30 festivals worldwide. Her first short film, which premiered 3…
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