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NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY (NYFA) WELCOMES ACCLAIMED EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR MARCOS SIEGA ‘THE 20/20 SERIES’

…you can use). For a guest TV director, you’re typically looking for a TV director who can elevate the material, but you are still playing in their sandbox, so you…

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Martin Scorsese

…it feels like he’s almost too raw, too honest, too dark for the mainstream to let him into its comfortable bed. It’s the nature of his material: abrasive and challenging….

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International Documentary Association Virtual Reality Event at NYFA LA

…VR and Frontline VR, are releasing new material often called “immersive journalism.” The goal of NYFA’s VR Workshop was to allow IDA documentarians to “look under the hood” of VR…

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NYFA Alumnus Sergei Ivonin Talks with Students About Covering the 2014 Sochi Olympics

…production staff was constantly on-the-go. Whether it was shooting material for Today, working on stories for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, or conducting interviews for prime time Olympic coverage,…

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Screening of “Dirty Grandpa” and Q&A with Producer Barry Josephson

…for new material to work with, saying, “I don’t create intellectual property, I find it.” He cited books as a common source, including for his hit television series Bones and…

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Film and Video Game Writer Patrick Hegarty Speaks to Business of Screenwriting Class

…Hegarty when a friend working in the video game sphere needed a writer to generate announcer commentary material for a new football game they were producing called NFL GAMEDAY, and…

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NYFA Alum and Original Film Exec Visits Business of Screenwriting Class

…piece of material, regardless of the genre, you’re someone I want to potentially be in business with. Look, it’s a collaborative process, particularly on studio films, and the writer’s job…

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