Documentary Filmmaking

Q&A With High School 9-1-1’s Tim Warren and Kelli Joan Bennett

August 9, 2018

Q&A With High School 9-1-1’s Tim Warren and Kelli Joan Bennett


The New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles campus welcomed director Tim Warren and producer Kelli Joan Bennett for a Q&A following a screening of their award-winning, impactful documentary, High School…

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Q&A With New York Film Academy Documentary Alum Carolina Sosa
August 2, 2018

Q&A With New York Film Academy Documentary Alum Carolina Sosa

Carolina Sosa graduated in 2017 from the New York Film Academy (NYFA) Los Angeles campus with a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary. Since then she’s been hard at work…

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Oscar-Nominated Doc Edited by New York Film Academy Instructor Now Nominated for An Emmy
July 30, 2018

Oscar-Nominated Doc Edited by New York Film Academy Instructor Now Nominated for An Emmy

Heroin(e), a Netflix-produced documentary edited by New York Film Academy (NYFA) instructor Kristen Nutile, has been nominated for an Emmy. This adds to its rave reviews and other major award…

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Documentarian Amy Rice Presents “By The People” to New York Film Academy Students
July 26, 2018

Documentarian Amy Rice Presents “By The People” to New York Film Academy Students

This July, the New York Film Academy (NYFA) Producing and Documentary Filmmaking departments presented a screening of By the People: The Election of Barack Obama followed by a Q&A with director…

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RBG, Shot by New York Film Academy Documentary Professor Claudia Raschke, Is Box Office Hit
July 3, 2018

RBG, Shot by New York Film Academy Documentary Professor Claudia Raschke, Is Box Office Hit

This year’s breakout documentary, RBG, shot by Director of Photography and NYFA Documentary Department Cinematography Instructor Claudia Racshke, tells the story of Supreme Court Justice and surprise millennial icon Ruth…

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NYFA DOCS got off to a great start in the 1st Quarter of 2018
May 10, 2018

NYFA DOCS got off to a great start in the 1st Quarter of 2018

We seem to be beating industry’s 50-50 in 2020 goal, and docsters are killin’ it across the board.   In January alone… An Academy Award nomination landed Documentary Filmmaking Instructor…

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“Documentary” Magazine’s Spring 2018 Issue Highlights New York Film Academy Documentary Filmmaking School
May 3, 2018

“Documentary” Magazine’s Spring 2018 Issue Highlights New York Film Academy Documentary Filmmaking School

The New York Film Academy (NYFA) Documentary Filmmaking Department is one of only eight film schools honored in the prestigious “Documentary” Magazine, the official publication of the International Documentary Association (IDA), in…

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Stranger Than Fiction at the IFC Center, Co-Presented by the New York Film Academy
April 18, 2018

Stranger Than Fiction at the IFC Center, Co-Presented by the New York Film Academy

Stranger Than Fiction, the annual weekly documentary film series hosted by Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen and co-presented by IFC Center and the New York Film Academy, announces the spring…

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Greenlight Women and New York Film Academy Host Special Screening of A Classy Broad With Anne Goursaud and Marcia Nasatir
April 16, 2018

Greenlight Women and New York Film Academy Host Special Screening of A Classy Broad With Anne Goursaud and Marcia Nasatir

This April, the New York Film Academy (NYFA) Los Angeles was proud to host Greenlight Women for a special screening of the documentary A Classy Broad, followed by a Q&A…

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