Community Highlights

NYFA 3D Animation Instructor Craig Caton Creates Animservo for Maya
August 3, 2017

NYFA 3D Animation Instructor Craig Caton Creates Animservo for Maya

New York Film Academy Instructor Craig Caton has created a new plug-in on Autodesk Maya that may revolutionize the way digital puppetry in both independent productions and major motion pictures….

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3 Emmy Nominations for “A Girl in the River,” Edited by NYFA Master Class Lecturer Geof Bartz
August 3, 2017

3 Emmy Nominations for “A Girl in the River,” Edited by NYFA Master Class Lecturer Geof Bartz

“A Girl in the River” has been nominated for three Emmy Awards, including Best Documentary and Best Documentary Short. The HBO documentary was edited by New York Film Academy’s own…

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NYFA Supports New Film Incentives in Miami-Dade County
August 1, 2017

NYFA Supports New Film Incentives in Miami-Dade County

South Beach’s star is rising. Miami-Dade County’s reputation as an excellent filmmaking location has been cemented once again with a new announcement by the Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources….

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NYFA’s Ragga Thordarson Continues to Garner International Recognition
July 31, 2017

NYFA’s Ragga Thordarson Continues to Garner International Recognition

NYFA’s Ragga Thordarson continues to garner international recognition, this time in her native country of Iceland. Interviewed by Morgunblaðið, one Iceland’s leading papers, Ragga spoke of her success in the…

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NYFA Veterans Attend Exclusive Screening of “Dunkirk”
July 27, 2017

NYFA Veterans Attend Exclusive Screening of “Dunkirk”

This month, NYFA Veterans were invited to attend an exclusive pre-release screening of feature film “Dunkirk,” through the Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund’s (MPTF) Veteran Benefits Assistance Program. NYFA Veterans…

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Gold Coast Q&A with Advanced Diploma Acting Alumnus Will Allen 
July 26, 2017

Gold Coast Q&A with Advanced Diploma Acting Alumnus Will Allen 

On Wednesday, July 19, New York Film Academy alumnus Will Allen gave a Q&A at the NYFA Gold Coast campus. Since graduating in January 2017 from the Advanced Diploma of…

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NYFA Los Angeles Holds Social Media Networking Night
July 26, 2017

NYFA Los Angeles Holds Social Media Networking Night

Chair of Industry Outreach and Professional Development Barbara Weintraub held a Social Media Networking Night at NYFA Los Angeles in late July. Over 220 students from the New York Film…

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NYFA Harvard Musical Theatre Students Create Powerful Music Video Cover of Sia’s “Bird Set Free”
July 26, 2017

NYFA Harvard Musical Theatre Students Create Powerful Music Video Cover of Sia’s “Bird Set Free”

This summer, NYFA Harvard students from around the world had collaborated and performed in a unique and empowering music video project as part of NYFA’s musical theatre workshops. Performing their…

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NYFA Summer Camps on the Universal Studios Backlot
July 26, 2017

NYFA Summer Camps on the Universal Studios Backlot

Each summer, teens and tweens flock to the Los Angeles campus of the New York Film Academy to learn the basics of filmmaking. No matter which program a student elects…

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