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October 27, 2020

NYFA Community Represented at the 2022 Emmy Award Nominations

With all of these awards and big-name projects it’s hard to believe that it wasn’t always this way for Billy Porter. It’s easier to believe that this happened over night. However, as Porter put it he “did not just get here.” Read more …

NYFA Acting for Film Alum Michel Curiel is a Smash in 'She-Hulk

New York Film Academy Acting for Film alum Michel Curiel spoke with NYFA about his upbringing, auditioning for Marvel and his decision to stay off social media. Read more…


conversation with nicole clemens

Nicole Clemens, President of Television at Paramount & Paramount +, Talks Legacy IP’s and Industry Tips Read more … 


NYFA Alum Bill Hader's Barry Season 3 Is Still Killer

There’s a new Lincoln Lawyer in town: NYFA One-Year Acting for Film alum Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. Rulfo is Mickey Haller in the Netflix Original Series The Lincoln Lawyer. Read more…


 

NYFA Documentary Professor Claudia Raschke is the Cinematographer for Peabody Award-Winning Doc “My Name is Pauli Murray”

The Peabody Awards shine a light on the ‘Stories That Matter’ and are a testament to the power of art and reportage in the push for truth, social justice, and equity.” Amongst those ‘Stories That Matter’ is NYFA Documentary instructor Claudia Raschke’s documentary, My Name is Pauli Murray (2021). Read more…


Marvel’s first Arab director may be new to Hollywood filmmaking, but Mohamed Diab has an internationally-acclaimed body of work to his name. NYFA 1-Year Screenwriting alum Mohamed Diab is an award-winning Egyptian screenwriter and director Read more…


 

Q&A with ‘Station Eleven’ Showrunner Patrick Sommerville

Patrick Somerville is a successful novelist and screenwriter with a television deal at Paramount Television Studios. His most recent work includes the hit mini-series, Station Eleven. Read more…


NYFA Acting Alum Lana Condor is no stranger to rom-coms and was more than prepared to head to Mars with Cole Sprouse in Moonshot for HBOmax. Read more …


NYFA MFA Filmmaking alum Kane Senes is an award-winning filmmaker from Sydney, Australia. This year, his horror venture, Sissy, is premiering at South by Southwest (SXSW) tomorrow, March 11th at the Alamo Lamar Theater in Austin, Texas. Read more … 



NYFA Cinematography instructor Suki Medencevic studied cinematography in Prague, Czech Republic. There, he studied under the guidance of renowned cinematographers and artists from around Europe. His latest work Shining Vale, starring Courtney Cox, Mira Sorvino and Greg Kinnear is currently streaming on Starz. Read more …