How Do You Land a Literary Agent?
One of the most difficult challenges for screenwriters coming out of film school is landing the right agent — or any agent for that matter. To clue our students in…
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November 5, 2014
October 24, 2014
Renowned Casting Director John Levey Visits NYFA
New York Film Academy students gathered this week to view the pilot episode of Showtime’s hit TV series Shameless, and participate in a Q&A with the show’s illustrious casting director…
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October 23, 2014
Actor Ronen Rubinstein Returns to His Alma Mater
New York Film Academy Acting for Film graduate Ronen Rubinstein has come out of the gates running. Since graduating from NYFA, he’s appeared in a few features, including It Felt Like Love,…
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October 17, 2014
New Indie Comedy “Teacher of the Year” Comes to NYFA
This week New York Film Academy Los Angeles gathered to watch the new indie comedy Teacher of the Year and participated in a Q&A with the movie’s writer/director Jason Strouse…
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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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October 8, 2014
Superstar Molly Shannon Visits NYFA
Actress Molly Shannon visited New York Film Academy Los Angeles and talked to students after screening an episode of the TV show Enlightened (for which she was nominated for an Emmy)…
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October 7, 2014
Discussion with Renowned Matte Painter Syd Dutton and Special FX Supervisor Bill Taylor
New York Film Academy Los Angeles recently screened Martin Scorsese’s remake of the classic film Cape Fear. The guests for the event were master matte painter Syd Dutton, who was…
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September 22, 2014
NYFA Alum and Original Film Exec Visits Business of Screenwriting Class
On September 9th 2014, New York Film Academy alum-turned-Original Film exec Toby Ascher joined our Business of Screenwriting class. Ascher was a student in NYFA’s Summer Filmmaking Program in Los…
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September 19, 2014
Fort Bliss Screening with Michelle Monaghan and Gbenga Akinnagbe
One of the most common approaches for actors to take on their character in a given scene is to ask themselves the five W’s: Who, what, when, where, and why….
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