The end of January was an exciting time at New York Film Academy (NYFA), as students and instructors witnessed the culmination of their hard work over multiple days of final screenings, presentations, pitches, and of course, graduation ceremonies.
Students were able to invite family, friends, and industry professionals and present their work; Filmmaking, Producing, and Acting for Film students held their final screenings at Warner Bros. Studios; Photography students had their work displayed in art galleries; Screenwriting and Producing students pitched ideas to entertainment professionals; and Game Design students presented their creations at a showcase. The excitement concluded with a full day of graduation ceremonies with family and faculty cheering on their graduates.
The January 2020 graduation ceremony was held at the Harmony Gold Theater in West Hollywood. Throughout three ceremonies, family and friends from all over the world gathered to celebrate as NYFA graduates proudly accepted their diplomas and tossed their caps in the air.
Guest speaker and NYFA Board Member Matthew Modine encouraged graduates to be actively present in the moment, instructing students and guests to take a deep breath, while stating, “Conscious breathing reminds us that we are alive, in the moment, and that the moment–this moment–is all there really is. No one has ever existed in the past or the future, there’s only now. You must always remember to breathe.”
Modine continued his commencement speech by motivating students to hone in on their creativity and open their minds, proclaiming, “Being an artist requires you to think. It demands you to reason, collaborate, and develop a worldview. Your creativity will only be as vast as your imagination. Your talent will manifest in the choices that you make.”
He added, “Today, you graduated from this Academy and you must now enroll in the school of thought. The cost for this next investment is simply being present and aware of each and every moment.” Modine’s message garnered a positive response from the hopeful graduates, excited to share their creativity with the world.
New York Film Academy congratulates all of the incredible students who have dedicated so much time and hard work into completing their training here. We look forward to celebrating all their wonderful achievements to come!
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January 2020 Graduates
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Mahmoud Abul Burghul
Meshaal Al Jaser
Sura Aldakhil
Elton Alexander
Khaled Algrainees
Seda Anbarci
Nida Arif
Alina Averianova
Veronica Badell
Branden Bailey
Ryan Barnes
Catalina Barragan Castano
Frederick Scott Basnight II
Alexander Bethea
Zhishen Bi
Lyndsay Bianco
Jaime Blanson
David Bockenkamp
Jaden Tyler Boland
Ekaterina Bolshakova
Trey Bond
Cole Ryan Brewer
Sarah Brine
Troy Brown
Amara Brown
Nathaniel Bryan
Samuel Buckner
Zhiyin Cai
Lissette Camacho
Matthew Relyea Capron
Federica Carlino
Andrei Carmona Linhares
Yu-Fang (Annie) Chang
Chin-Wei Chang
Lingjuan Chang
Kritika Chawla
Suimeng Chen
Yanqing Chen
Haolin Chen
Yufei Chen
Lan-Chi Chien
Sungho Chun
JaToris Combs
Paige Conroy
Alexis Cruz
Keren Dekterov
Brianna Dickens
Francisca Emma Dolha
Lialdon Donovan-Green
Yuwei Du
Zhiyuan Duan
Daniel Morgan Duddy
Murat Dugan
India Edwards
Theresa Katharina Eschbacher
Jose Escorcia
Anthony Alexander Esparza
Boise Badilla Esquerra
Liujin Fang
Chloe Feller
Aaron J. Field
Devan Ford
Hunter Fox
Huanting Gao
Daniel Garza
Steve Grigdesby
Haining Gu
Abdulrahman Haddadi
Erin Lynnette Hall
Paiten Hamilton
Woonyea Han
Ziwei Han
Wahijadeen Harrison
Jingya He
Skye Hendon
Herbert Antonio Hidalgo
Chia-Yu Hsieh
Xuemao Hu
Xin Huang
Sean Jackson
Sebastian Jaimes
Julianna James
Tian Jin
Bobby LaMont Johnson II
Senka Joti
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Sanaya Gautam Khatri
Mina Khouzam
Shreya Kotian
Anton Krasavin
Brandon Lattman
Nicholas Lehman
Yinghao Li
Junke Li
Yilin Li
Dong Huk Lim
Doudou Lin
Shiyu Liu
Gong Liu
Kameshia Logan
Chenxin Lou
Pedro Louis
Yi Lu
Gabriel Lugo
Chi Ma
Megan Ressa Mann
Yasmine Mazboudi
Jack McKeever
Ryan Mechling
Siyuan Miao
Jaasir Omar Minor
Nicolai Ndambo
Joseph Neibich
Rialene Nel
Nolan Nelson
Zhuoran Ni
Dylan Nuttall
Mudiwa Kennedy Simbai Nyamande
Ashley Oge
Romelia Osorio
Botagoz Ospanova
Caglan Ozdogan
Caterina Piccardo
Justin Piehler
Muhammad Rehan
Jason Dale Rhodes
Kameron Donnel Rory
Alexandra Maria Roth-Rosenthal
Aaron Rowe
Gulshan Salamli
Sharwin Sandesh Samant
Juan Martín Sánchez
Brenda Serrano
Jia Shi
Agnes Shinozaki
Ilan Siegal Berner
Thorunn Sigurdardottir
Chul Hyeon Son
Noelle Soulier
Cristopher Spagna
Athena Stamakinley
Jonathan Stroughter
Jeremy Suarez
Edward Suh
Keping Sun
Yueh-Tzu Sun
Rongkang Sun
Jared Swift
Phyllis Tam
Yuchi Tian
Diego Toussaint
Joaquin Trapero
Szabina Hanna Tutor
Rachel Vaswani
Vitoria Mitsuyo Wada
Jiayu Wang
Yu-Tzu Wang
Shiran Wang
Joshua Weyers
Daniel Wheatley
Anthony White
Banghao Xiao
Jingrui Xin
Zehao Xu
Chuanzhuan Xue
Vladyslav Yuriyovich Yaremov
Chen Yu
Yazeed Zailaee
Miaoling Zhao
Muyun Zhou
Sainan Zhu
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