Upcoming Events
at the New York Film Academy
Recent Guest Speakers
STEVEN SPIELBERG, DirectorJaws, E.T., Jurassic Park,
Saving Private Ryan,
Schindler's List,
Munich,Indiana Jones,
Catch Me If You Can,
The Terminal, Minority Report
KEVIN SPACEY, Actor
American Beauty,
L.A. Confidential,
The Usual Suspects
RON HOWARD, Director
Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind,
The Da Vinci Code
JULIETTE LEWIS, Actress
Natural Born Killers,
Cape Fear, Due Date
ROBERT TOWNE, Screenwriter
Chinatown, Mission: Impossible,
Mission: Impossible II
SEAN YOUNG, Actress
Blade Runner, No Way Out,
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
JOHN CARPENTER, Director
Halloween, Escape from L.A.,
Escape from New York, They Live
AL RUDDY, Producer
The Godfather, The Longest Yard,
Million Dollar Baby
HENRY WINKLER, Director
Memories of me, Click,
The Waterboy, Night Shift
KEVIN KLINE, Actor
Fish Called Wanda, Dave,
The Ice Storm, In & Out
GLENN CLOSE, Actress
Dangerous Liaisons,
Fatal Attraction
DOUG LIMAN, Director
Bourne Identity,
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Swingers
PAUL SCHRADER,
Screenwriter
Raging Bull, Taxi Driver,
The Last Temptation of Christ
MIKE FENTON,
Casting Director
Chinatown, American Graffiti,
The Godfather Part II,
ET, Blade Runner & 200 others
BARBARA DE FINA,
Producer
Goodfellas, Cape Fear,
The Last Temptation of Christ,
The Age of Innocence
BRETT RATNER, Director
Rush Hour 1,2 & 3,
Family Man, X-men 3
JOEL SCHUMACHER, Director
Flatliners, Batman Forever,
A Time to Kill, The Client
PAUL HAGGIS, Writer/Director
Crash, Million Dollar Baby,
Flags of Our Fathers
BEN STILLER, Actor
Meet the Parents, Zoolander,
Night at the Museum
THELMA SCHOONMAKER,
Editor
The Departed, Goodfellas,
Raging Bull
DENNIS HOPPER, Actor
Easy Rider, Hoosiers,
Blue Velvet
GARRY MARSHALL,
Producer/Director/Writer/Actor
Pretty Woman, Georgia Rule,
Princess Diaries, Happy Days
PAUL ZAENTZ, Producer
The English Patient,
The Talented Mr. Ripley,
Goya's Ghost
MIRA NAIR, Director
Monsoon Wedding,
Mississippi Masala
LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS,
Director/Actor
La Bamba, Stand and Deliver,
Courage Under Fire,
Young Guns
TED HOPE, Producer
The Ice Storm, In the Bedroom,
21 Grams, American Splendor,
The Savages
JON VOIGHT, Actor
Midnight Cowboy,
Runaway Train, The Rainmaker
LASZLO KOVAKS,
Cinematographer
Easy Rider, Ghostbusters,
Five Easy Pieces
JAMES SIGNORELLI, Director
Saturday Night Live,
Easy Money
JANEANE GAROFALO,
Actress
Reality Bites,
Truth About Cats & Dogs
MATTHEW MODINE, Actor
Full Metal Jacket,
Married to the Mob, Birdy
MARY KAY PLACE, Actress
Being John Malkovich,
The Big Chill, Big Love
GABRIEL BYRNE, Actor
Usual Suspects,
Miller's Crossing,
Enemy of the State
STEPHEN RIVELE, Writer
Copying Beethoven
GEORGE GALLO, Writer
Local Color, Midnight Run,
The Whole Ten Yards,
Bad Boys, Wise Guys
TOM DICILLO, Director
Living in Oblivion,
Jonny Suede
MICHAEL BESMAN, Producer
About Schmidt, Bounce,
Seven Years in Tibet
DYLAN BAKER, Actor
Spiderman 2, Spiderman 3,
Happiness
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT,
Actor
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,
(500) Days of Summer,
3rd Rock from the Sun
BOB FISHER, Screenwriter
Wedding Crasher,
Married with Children
MEG LIBERMAN,
Casting Director
Band of Brothers, The X Files,
The King of Queens
BILL FRANKER, Cinematographer
Tombstone, WarGames,
Rosemary's baby
MARK HARRIS, Producer
Crash, Gods and Monsters
ANTHONY QUINN (1915-2001)
Lawrence of Arabia, Lust for Life,
La Strada
JAMES AVERY, Actor
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,
The Closer, Dr. Dolittle 2
DIANE NEAL, Actress
Law & Order
KENNETH LONERGAN, Director/Screenwriter
You Can Count on Me,
Analyze This, Gangs of New York
A.C. LYLES,
Consulting Producer
Deadwood, Rawhide,
And 66 other film & TV Shows
GLEN HANSARD, Irish Singer
Academy Award Winner
Once
STEVEN RAPHAEL,
Industry Executive
Ballast, La Vie En Rose,
The Visitor, Pan's Labyrinth,
Maria Full of Grace
EVA KOLODNER, Producer
Boys Don't Cry
PAUL RACHMAN, Director
American Hardcore, Memories,
Drive Baby Drive, Home,
Bang Bang, Zoe XO
TOM QUINN,
Writer, Director ...
The New Year Parade
MATT WOLF, Director
Wild Combination:
A Portrait of Arthur Russell
H. H. COOPER,
Assistant Director
My Blueberry Nights
DAVID PATERSON,
Screenwriter
Bridge to Terabithia
NANETTE BURSTEIN,
Director/Producer
American Teen
JOHN FAVREAU, Actor
Four Christmases, Iron Man,
The Replacements
ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH,
Writer/Actor
Do the Right Thing,
Malcolm X, School Daze
MAUREEN RYAN,
Producer
Man On Wire
AT UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY
February 1st & 2nd, 2012
Special theatrical presentation
by the October 2nd Year Acting students
... a one-act play born entirely from the creative minds of these performers, guided by instructor/director Jeff Wirth through a development process rooted in improvisational work. This play will serve as the basis of a short film adaptation to be produced in the next semester!Limited Seating
First come first served
Come and join us at the Union Square Campus
4th Floor, Screening Room
100 East 17th Street, New York City
AT UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY
February 6th, 7th, 9th, 2012
Screen Final Film & Graduation
March 2011 One Year Filmmaking students
Monday, February 6th at 5:30 PMSection C • Instructor: Tassos Rigopoulos
Tuesday, Feburary 7th, 5:00 PM
Section A • Instructor: Paul Warner
Thursday, Feburary 9th, 5:00 PM
Section B • Instructor: Billy Tyler Smith
Thursday, Feburary 9th, 8:30 PM
Section D • Instructor: Brad Sample
Limited Seating
First come first served
Come and join us at the Union Square Campus
4th Floor, Screening Room
100 East 17th Street, New York City
AT SOHO CAMPUS, NEW YORK CITY
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 at 7:00PM
Q&A with Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
Followed by Special Monologue Workshop
Hunter played Henrik Egerman in Broadway's first ever revival of A Little Night Music after auditioning for Mr. Sondheim himself. He also starred in Broadway Backwards 5 at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater alongside Florence Henderson, Lea Salonga, Mario Catone, Douglass Sills and more. He has performed at Joe's Pub, Birdland, and The Laurie Beechman Theatre as well as performing his one-man show "I Happen to Like New York," to a sold-out crowd at New York's famed nightclub Feinstein's.Limited Seating
NYFA Students & Alumni ONLY
Come and join us at the Soho Campus
NYFA Soho, 568 Broadway, Room 201
AT WARNER BROS. THEATRE, LOS ANGELES
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 at 6:30PM
Screening of Ed Wood
Q&A with Screenwriter,
LARRY KARASZEWSKI
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Larry Karaszewski, is a writer, director, and producer partner with Scott Alexander. The two won the Best Screenplay Golden Globe and WGA award for "The People vs Larry Flynt," starring Woody Harrelson. They also won the WGA Best Screenplay nomination for the Tim Burton-directed "Ed Wood," starring Johnny Depp. Other credits include writing the Milos Forman film "Man On The Moon," starring Jim Carrey; adapting the Stephen King story "1408;" and producing Paul Schrader's "Auto Focus." Upcoming projects include writing "The Addams Family" for Tim Burton, and directing "Big Eyes," starring Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Reynolds this spring. Larry's humorous commentaries on cult films can be seen on Joe Dante's website, TrailersFromHell.com.
Limited Seating
To RSVP Email your full name to laevents@nyfa.edu no later than Monday, February 6th at 12noon
You must submit the FIRST AND LAST NAME for each student and guest for security purposes. All students and guests will need to provide a valid NYFA photo ID to enter Warner Brothers Theatre.
At Warner Bros. Theatre #4
Los Angeles, California
Limited Seating
NYFA Students & Alumni ONLY
To RSVP Email your full name to laevents@nyfa.edu no later than Monday, February 6th at 12noon
You must submit the FIRST AND LAST NAME for each student and guest for security purposes. All students and guests will need to provide a valid NYFA photo ID to enter Warner Brothers Theatre.
At Warner Bros. Theatre #4
Los Angeles, California
AT UNIVERSAL THEATRE, LOS ANGELES
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 at 11:00am
Screening of Romancing the Stone
followed by Q&A with veteran actor
KATHLEEN TURNER
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Kathleen Turner, veteran actor, was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performances in Body Heat (Larry Kasdan directing) and War of the Roses (Danny DeVito directing and Michael Douglas co-starring), and won for her performances in Romancing the Stone (again with Michael Douglas) and Prizzi’s Honor. Her work in Peggy Sue Got Married (directed by Francis Ford Coppola) brought her both an Academy Award and Golden Globe nomination. Turner’s extensive film credits include the critically acclaimed The Virgin Suicides; The Man with Two Brains with Steve Martin; Jewel of the Nile with Michael Douglas; Crimes of Passion; The Accidental Tourist; V.I. Warshawski; John Water’s Serial Mom; Naked in New York; and Moonlight and Valentino; and her standout performance as the sultry voice of Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Limited Seating
To RSVP Email your full name to laevents@nyfa.edu no later than Monday, February 13th at 12noon
You must submit the FIRST AND LAST NAME for each student and guest for security purposes. All students and guests will need to provide a valid NYFA photo ID to enter.
At Universal Theatre #2
Los Angeles, California
Limited Seating
NYFA Students & Alumni ONLY
To RSVP Email your full name to laevents@nyfa.edu no later than Monday, February 13th at 12noon
You must submit the FIRST AND LAST NAME for each student and guest for security purposes. All students and guests will need to provide a valid NYFA photo ID to enter.
At Universal Theatre #2
Los Angeles, California
