May 5, 2010

NYFA Student Omri Bezalel Interviews George Lucas

Photo: Courtesy of The Jewish Chronicle Online New York Film Academy student Omri Bezalel learned that good deeds and great filmmaking sometimes produce unexpected rewards when he was granted the opportunity…

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May 3, 2010

NYFA Graduate Ben Adler’s Bagatelle

Graduate of the New York Film Academy’s 2002/03 one year program, Ben Adler, has been keeping busy since his time with us at NYFA. For the past four years, Adler…

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April 27, 2010

NYFA Graduate Brett Carlson Writer & Director of "Take My Wife"

A  gigolo, a hitman and a couple of unhappy husbands walk into a bar; unfortunately, the pimp they’re supposed to meet “inconsiderately” drops dead before showing up to sort everyone…

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April 23, 2010

New York Film Academy Teaches Film Workshops in Abuja, Nigeria

This past spring, the New York Film Academy visited Abuja, Nigeria, to train aspiring filmmakers in a four-week film workshop. Thirty faculty members from our New York and LA locations traveled…

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April 15, 2010

Writer, Director and Producer Tokunbo Falope

Tokunbo Falope, TK as he is fondly called, is a writer, director and producer. He runs BRV, a Nigerian production company, with his brother Deji Falope, who handles the TV…

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New Moon Star Justine Wachsberger
October 29, 2009

New Moon Star Justine Wachsberger

Currently the American actress plays the part of Gianna in the popular vampire movie, New Moon, due out this November. Wachsberger’s character is the Volturi’s human secretary that longs to…

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August 21, 2009

Is Film School Worth It?

If you are pursuing a career in filmmaking one of the most difficult questions to answer is if film school is worth it? Many young filmmakers find difficulty in weighing…

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July 28, 2009

Film School Graduate Omowale Akintunde Feature Film "Wigger" Exposes Serious Race Problem

America may have a black president, but the arrest last week of Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. proves the country still has a serious race problem. That is…

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July 21, 2009

The History of Our Film School

The history of film schools began less then 40 years ago. The history of our film school is much more recent and vastly different. While film schools started popping up…

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