Academic Programs

NYFA Welcomes MA Producting for Executives Graduates
March 28, 2023

NYFA Welcomes MA Producing for Executives Graduates

NYFA’s Los Angeles staff, students, and faculty welcomed five graduates of the MA Producing for Executives Program. As part of their trip to the United States, the graduates traveled from…

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March 15, 2023

NYFA Alum James Friend Wins the Best Cinematography Oscar for All Quiet on the Western Front

Continuing success for NYFA alumni is always something to celebrate—and this year, Cinematographer and NYFA alum James Friend won the Academy Award for best cinematography for his work on All…

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Q&A-List Series Welcomes Legendary Actor And Comedian Kevin Nealon
March 8, 2023

Q&A-List Series Welcomes Legendary Actor And Comedian Kevin Nealon

New York Film Academy (NYFA) had the honor of hosting a live and very funny video Q&A with legendary actor and comedian Kevin Nealon to discuss his career, his recently…

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online 3d animation camps
January 31, 2023

NYFA Ranked Amongst Top Animation Schools for 12th Consecutive Year

Animation Career Review has named NYFA one of the nation’s leading animation schools for the twelfth consecutive year. Nearly two hundred colleges and universities across the United States were considered…

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The 2023 Oscars: Highlights & Full List of Nominees (Updating Live)
January 25, 2023

The 2023 Oscars: Highlights & Full List of Nominees (Updating Live)

The nominations for the 2023 Oscars were announced on Tuesday, January 24th, with Riz Ahmed, who won the Oscar for best live-action short last year, and Allison Williams, who currently…

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NYFA New York
January 20, 2023

NYFA Musical Theatre Faculty: Interview with Kristy Cates

There’s something inimitable about the experience of sitting in the audience as a soaring piece of musical theatre plays out onstage in front of you. It was just such an…

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NYFA Los Angeles
January 20, 2023

NYFA Acting for Film Faculty: Interview with Lynda Goodfriend

Most of the time, if a famous New York stage director looked you in the eye and told you your acting was terrible, it might convince you that performing wasn’t…

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screenwriting faculty nyfa
January 20, 2023

NYFA Screenwriting Faculty: Interview with Nunzio DeFilippis

The purpose of a writer is to elicit emotion. For Nunzio DeFilippis, Chair of Screenwriting and Dean of Faculty at NYFA’s Los Angeles campus, a story hasn’t served its purpose…

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game design faculty nyfa
January 18, 2023

NYFA Game Design Faculty: Interview with Brandii Grace

There’s a certain magic to pressing a button on your controller and watching the character you play on screen react. Brandii Grace, Chair of the Game Design department at NYFA…

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