Q&As

Q&A With BFA Filmmaking Alum Raquel Bordin on Her Career in Film Marketing and Showing Her Film at Cannes Film Festival
January 25, 2021 | Film

Q&A With BFA Filmmaking Alum Raquel Bordin on Her Career in Film Marketing and Showing Her Film at Cannes Film Festival

Learning how to be a filmmaker isn’t just applicable to being a film director, writer, or working on a film set, it’s also about how you can tell a story…

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From the Military to New York Film Academy: A Q&A with the US Navy’s Eric Brown and Michael Kunselman on NYFA’s Division of Veterans Services
January 11, 2021 | Film

From the Military to New York Film Academy: A Q&A with the US Navy’s Eric Brown and Michael Kunselman on NYFA’s Division of Veterans Services

New York Film Academy (NYFA) recently enjoyed virtually sitting down with two of its esteemed colleagues, Eric Brown and Michael Kunselman, to learn more about their military experience, how they…

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Q&A With The Academy Director of MultiChoice Talent Factory East Africa Academy and NYFA Filmmaking Alum Njoki Muhoho
December 10, 2020 | Film

Q&A With The Academy Director of MultiChoice Talent Factory East Africa Academy and NYFA Filmmaking Alum Njoki Muhoho

Njoki Muhoho is a lover of growing organizations to support people and takes pleasure in scripting and producing films, so don’t ask her to choose one career over the other….

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Q&A With NYFA Filmmaking Alum Somasekhar “Som” Kovvuri on Becoming a Filmmaker, Working With His Wife, and Producing “Freddie’s Piano”
November 9, 2020 | Film

Q&A With NYFA Filmmaking Alum Somasekhar “Som” Kovvuri on Becoming a Filmmaker, Working With His Wife, and Producing “Freddie’s Piano”

In 2018, Somasekhar “Som” Kovvuri decided to leave his job and pursue his dream of finally becoming a filmmaker. With a younger son in Berklee College of Music in Boston,…

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Q&A With NYFA South Beach Alum Ester Nunes on Life After Graduation and The Importance of Having Fun as a Filmmaker
September 28, 2020 | Film

Q&A With NYFA South Beach Alum Ester Nunes on Life After Graduation and The Importance of Having Fun as a Filmmaker

Ester Nunes has always been a creative person. Growing up, Nunes would always draft short stories and as a teenager would create homemade videos and stage photoshoots with her friends….

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Q&A With NYFA Filmmaking Alum Ismael Gomez III on His Latest Film ‘Death of a Fool’ and Starting a Production Company in Miami
September 1, 2020 | Film

Q&A With NYFA Filmmaking Alum Ismael Gomez III on His Latest Film ‘Death of a Fool’ and Starting a Production Company in Miami

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking alum Ismael Gomez III recently released his latest film Death of a Fool on Amazon Prime Video. The film is the latest project from…

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Q&A With NYFA Filmmaking Alum Donald A. Eferere (A.K.A EAD, the Creator) on Filmmaking and Award-Winning Short Film “Dari Ji Mi”
August 10, 2020 | Film

Q&A With NYFA Filmmaking Alum Donald A. Eferere (A.K.A EAD, the Creator) on Filmmaking and Award-Winning Short Film “Dari Ji Mi”

New York Film Academy (NYFA) Filmmaking Conservatory alum Donald A. Eferere (a.k.a Ead, the Creator) has directed music videos and has collaborated with popular recording artists such as Falz the…

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Q&A With MFA Filmmaking Alum and International Production Manager Valéria Costa
August 6, 2020 | Film

Q&A With MFA Filmmaking Alum and International Production Manager Valéria Costa

New York Film Academy Los Angeles alum Valéria Costa was born to be in the film industry. After graduating from NYFA’s MFA Filmmaking program, Costa went on to produce work…

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Q&A with New York Film Academy (NYFA) BFA Filmmaking Grad Alexia Garcia del Rio
March 13, 2020 | Film

Q&A with New York Film Academy (NYFA) BFA Filmmaking Grad Alexia Garcia del Rio

The idea of studying film never even occurred to Alexia Garcia del Rio until she just happened to walk by New York Film Academy (NYFA) while visiting New York City…

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