Documentary Filmmaking

NYFA LA holds Q&A with “Iverson” Documentary Filmmaker Zatella Beatty for Women in Film Series
October 4, 2017

NYFA LA holds Q&A with “Iverson” Documentary Filmmaker Zatella Beatty for Women in Film Series

On Thursday, September 28th, 2017, New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles campus celebrated women in cinema. Green Light Women, The African American and Black Film Society, and NYFA’s Women’s Club…

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Netflix Releases NYFA Documentary Faculty Work “Heroin(e)”
September 12, 2017

Netflix Releases NYFA Documentary Faculty Work “Heroin(e)”

A new Netflix original short documentary entitled “Heroin(e)” premieres today, Sept. 12, and a New York Film Academy instructor was instrumental in its production. Kristen Nutile, who teaches filmmaking and…

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NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Alumna Andrea Blake is Associate Producer for VICE on HBO’s “Between Oil and Water”
August 25, 2017

NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Alumna Andrea Blake is Associate Producer for VICE on HBO’s “Between Oil and Water”

“Between Oil and Water” is the latest VICE on HBO piece to benefit from the inestimable talents of New York Film Academy Documentary Filmmaking grad and associate producer Andrea Blake….

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NYFA Student Documentarian Braulio Jatar Interviewed by VICE on Resistance in Venezuela
August 22, 2017

NYFA Student Documentarian Braulio Jatar Interviewed by VICE on Resistance in Venezuela

There are many ways students can spend their breaks from school, but Braulio Jatar took a leave of absence from his studies in the 1-Year Documentary Filmmaking Program at the…

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NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Students’ “Where Cultures Collide” to Air on KCETLink
July 27, 2017

NYFA Documentary Filmmaking Students’ “Where Cultures Collide” to Air on KCETLink

“Where Cultures Collide,” a web series produced and directed by NYFA’s MFA Documentary students in Los Angeles, is set to be published by PBS affiliate KCETLink starting August 1, 2017….

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NYFA Los Angeles Holds Social Media Networking Night
July 26, 2017

NYFA Los Angeles Holds Social Media Networking Night

Chair of Industry Outreach and Professional Development Barbara Weintraub held a Social Media Networking Night at NYFA Los Angeles in late July. Over 220 students from the New York Film…

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NYFA Documentary Students Attend Full Frame Festival
July 18, 2017

NYFA Documentary Students Attend Full Frame Festival

Four lucky NYFA documentary filmmaking students got to attend the renowned Full Frame Documentary Film Festival as fellows this spring. The festival is distinguished from most major festivals by its…

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NYFA Instructor Heather Mathews Visits Popcorn Talk’s NYFA Hour
July 11, 2017

NYFA Instructor Heather Mathews Visits Popcorn Talk’s NYFA Hour

On Thursday, July 6, New York Film Academy Instructor and Documentarian Heather Mathews sat in the hot seat on Popcorn Talk’s NYFA Hour. She spoke about her latest project, “Forbidden:…

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NYFA Summer Camp Students Enjoy Special Screening of “Top Gun”
July 7, 2017

NYFA Summer Camp Students Enjoy Special Screening of “Top Gun”

On Saturday, July 1, teens and tweens participating in the New York Film Academy Summer Camp in Los Angeles took a break from the hard work of filmmaking to see…

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