NYFA Alumna Livi Zheng Screens Debut Feature “Brush with Danger”
On June 8th, New York Film Academy students were treated to an inspirational evening with one of their own when they attended a screening and Q&A with NYFA alumna, feature…
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June 16, 2016
June 2, 2016
Master Class with Academy Award-Winning Producer James Skotchdopole
Last week, Academy Award-winning producer James Skotchdopole held a Master Class at the New York Film Academy New York with Short-term Filmmaking Chair Jonathan Whittaker. Skotchdopole has worked alongside some of…
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May 19, 2016
MFA Student Composes Musical Score for Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea”
On May 4th, students at the Los Angeles campus of the New York Film Academy enjoyed a screening and Q&A of the Ron Howard film In the Heart of the…
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May 11, 2016
Lee Sheldon on Writing for Games
Last week, New York Film Academy Game Design Chair Phoebe Elefante welcomed guest speaker Lee Sheldon to the classroom. Sheldon is a professional game writer and designer currently working on his 43rd…
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May 9, 2016
Representatives from Brave New Films Discuss Documentaries and Gun Control
New York Film Academy students welcomed representatives from Brave New Films—Laurie Jones and Tommie Bayliss—after a screening of their documentary, Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA. The event was…
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April 26, 2016
NYFA South Beach Campus Hosts Premiere Screening: “Beyond Glory”
A red carpet, lights beaming into the sky, celebrities and local dignitaries posing for photographs—this was the scene this past Saturday night at the City of Miami’s historic Manuel Artime…
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April 14, 2016
NYFA Students Learn Cutting Edge Techniques in Image Based Lighting for VFX
Virtual lighting expert and Animation department faculty member Fred Durand treated students of chair of animation Mark Sawicki’s digital effects cinematography class to a guest lecture and demonstration of Image…
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April 8, 2016
Screenwriting Panel: Life in Transmedia
On Thursday, March 24th, the New York Film Academy’s Screenwriting Department, in cooperation with Final Draft, hosted the third, and final, in its second annual series of “Life In” panels….
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April 5, 2016
Mindfruit Studio Stops in at NYFA’s Stop Motion Class
Last week New York Film Academy’s 3D Animation and VFX students got to meet and talk with Damon Stea and Cassandra Chowdhury, the dynamic duo who run Mindfruit Studios. Mindfruit…
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