Documentary Filmmaking

Terrence Malick’s New Doc Will Have 2 Versions
February 4, 2015

Terrence Malick’s New Doc Will Have 2 Versions

Terrence Malick is known for making relatively few films, but films with big ideas and an artistry to them that is worth a thousand lesser movies. His documentary looks like…

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Documentary Community Film Project Screening
February 3, 2015

Documentary Community Film Project Screening

On Friday January 22nd, the Sept ’13 MFA Documentary class in Los Angeles presented its two final films as the culmination of their Community Film Project class. The semester-long project…

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NYFA’s Paul Warner to Direct OUTMusic Awards
January 15, 2015

NYFA’s Paul Warner to Direct OUTMusic Awards

As a school that wholeheartedly embraces diversity, the New York Film Academy is honored to have of two of its faculty members, Paul Warner and Sean Robinson, as an integral…

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NYFA Grad Earns 17 Awards for “Arde Lucus”
December 9, 2014

NYFA Grad Earns 17 Awards for “Arde Lucus”

There is a place that exists where heavily armed gladiators sharpen their blades and prepare to battle before thousands. It’s a lesser-known city that remains tucked away where hooved mythological…

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Watch NYFA Documentary Instructor’s Award-Winning ‘Baja Secret Miracle’
November 21, 2014

Watch NYFA Documentary Instructor’s Award-Winning ‘Baja Secret Miracle’

Once again, we’d like to point out a member of our esteemed faculty, Documentary Instructor Eliana Alvarez Martinez, whose film won the Viewster Audience Award and $20,000 for Al Gore’s Climate…

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Documentary to Raise Awareness About Sex Trade in Banchara Community
October 30, 2014

Documentary to Raise Awareness About Sex Trade in Banchara Community

Former New York Film Academy Filmmaking student, Atin Mehra, is currently in the final stages of an ambitious and worthwhile documentary, Bulbul: Song of the Nightingale. Now in its editing…

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Filmmaker Denny Tedesco Brings ‘The Wrecking Crew’ to NYFA LA
October 16, 2014

Filmmaker Denny Tedesco Brings ‘The Wrecking Crew’ to NYFA LA

Last week the Documentary Department at the Los Angeles campus of the New York Film Academy held its first Industry Perspectives Class of the Fall semester. Our first guest lecturer…

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NYFA’s Director of Veterans Affairs to Air Documentary on AHC Films
May 15, 2014

NYFA’s Director of Veterans Affairs to Air Documentary on AHC Films

Some exciting news for student and indie documentary filmmakers: AHC FILMS, will be a new television home for documentary projects dedicated to heroes and people who have helped shaped the…

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NYFA Grad Tackles the Struggles of Adopting Children in New Documentary
April 23, 2014

NYFA Grad Tackles the Struggles of Adopting Children in New Documentary

Michael Dudko, a graduate of the New York Film Academy, has worked for over 10 years as an independent film producer and director working in various formats – from animated…

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