Student & Alumni Spotlights

Sprinting Toward Hollywood: A Pro Athlete Turned Actress
July 26, 2012

Sprinting Toward Hollywood: A Pro Athlete Turned Actress

  As a child in Markham, Ontario, Charlotte Plummer was involved in countless extra-curricular activities: ballet, modern dance, piano, accordion, trombone, horseback riding, acting classes. She did well in all…

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Life After Animation School
July 24, 2012

Life After Animation School

It’s been five years since Scott Cullen graduated from New York Film Academy‘s Animation School, and he’s now working at a major animation and visual effects house in Los Angeles, Rythm…

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It’s Never Too Late To Pursue Acting
July 23, 2012

It’s Never Too Late To Pursue Acting

They say it’s never too late to start your dreams. At the age of 35, Silje Aas Meyer finally got the courage to follow her childhood dream to become an…

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Winning in Casablanca
July 18, 2012

Winning in Casablanca

One year filmmaking graduate, Jaouad Bouddehbine, won Best Fiction at The Casablanca International Student Film Festival and was selected at Angelus Student Film Festival with his film, Stricken, which was his thesis film at New York Film Academy. The Moroccan…

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Student Dylan Howard’s PBS Documentary ‘Sculpting Peace’
July 16, 2012

Student Dylan Howard’s PBS Documentary ‘Sculpting Peace’

Current New York Film Academy 2 Year Filmmaking Student, Dylan Howard’s documentary Mimi Sammis: Sculpting Peace premiered on PBS as part of the ongoing series, Rhode Island Stories. Sculpting Peace documents the…

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How to Succeed at the Game of Acting
July 12, 2012

How to Succeed at the Game of Acting

So many of New York Film Academy‘s instructors have secret lives outside of teaching, and we’re always proud to hear about their accomplishments. Such is the case with NYFA Acting…

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Financing Your Indie Film and Developing an Audience
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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Sarah Louise Wilson’s Feature to Air on PBS This Weekend!
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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Michael Staininger on Directing His First Feature
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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