Bollywood’s Sex and the City
Kalkata native, Shailja Gupta set her dreams early on in life with the goal of making her own films. After attending the New York Film Academy‘s film school in 2009,…
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July 30, 2012
June 28, 2012
Financing Your Indie Film and Developing an Audience
Rohit Gupta is a Mumbai native who came to the United States over 12 years ago. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, Rohit didn’t have “the slightest idea about filmmaking”…
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June 26, 2012
Sarah Louise Wilson’s Feature to Air on PBS This Weekend!
New York Film Academy MFA Film student Sarah Louise Wilson is riding a wave of success. Her films have played at 30 festivals worldwide. Her first short film, which premiered 3…
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June 19, 2012
Michael Staininger on Directing His First Feature
Imagine being in charge of a 2 million dollar feature film, written and produced by the same guy who wrote The Crow. Your only experience is from directing a student…
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June 13, 2012
Marko Nabersnik’s Path to Success
Director Marko Nabersnik attended an 8-week Film Workshop at New York Film Academy in 1996. His first film, Rooster’s Breakfast, won numerous national awards and became the biggest box office…
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May 29, 2012
The Psychology of Learning Film
David Egozi was a college student visiting New York from his hometown of Miami, Florida. One weekend, he saw a magazine advertisement about a certain film school. As the son…
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May 24, 2012
Showing The World Your Truth
Fito Pardo graduated from New York Film Academy in the late 90’s. Since then, he has gone on to direct short films and music videos, has worked as cinematographer on…
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May 22, 2012
Amy Heckerling: Doing Things Her Own Way
Amy Heckerling visited students at the New York Film Academy for a screening of her hit film Clueless. The writer/director garnered both critical praise and impressive box office success with…
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May 16, 2012
From a Roman Garage to Successful Filmmaker
Luigi Benvisto was born in Varese, Italy with dreams of filmmaking and New York City. After discovering his passion while shooting short films on his digital camera, Luigi moved to…
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