Category: About NYFA
Guest Speaker Series: Matt Ross
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Actor, director, and screenwriter Matt Ross visited the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. His latest work, “Captain Fantastic” stars Viggo Mortensen as Ben Cash, a man who raises his six children in the wilderness...
NYFA Photography at Dromedary Urban Tiki Bar in Brooklyn
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Dromedary Bar is a watering hole located in the ever-changing, old-New York neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn that offers precisely executed tiki-style cocktails in a relaxed island-meets-industrial space; what we li...
Rainer On Film, Episode 1: The 60s and 70s
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In the debut episode of "Rainer On Film," New York Film Academy instructor Peter Rainer discusses film of the 1960s and '70s. The longtime film critic points to the war in Vietnam and other tragedies and anxieties of ...
NYFA Hour with Peter Rainer: 2017 Year in Review, Episode 38
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Peter Rainer is back to discuss some of his favorite films of the year including Faces Places, 13 Billboards, Call Me By Your Name, The Post, The Shape of Water, The Big Sick, The Phantom Thread, The Last Jedi, and Mo...
NYFA Hour with Peter Rainer “Some Like It Hot” Deep Dive, Episode 24
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Film critic Peter Rainer is back this week to help us wrap up Pride Month with one of the earliest queer representation in cinema Some Like it Hot. Starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe and directed by...
Learn Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy
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Beyond the theory and history of cinema, the New York Film Academy places an emphasis on hands-on experience. Students gain invaluable experience directing and shooting their own films and serving as integral crew mem...
Guest Speaker Series: Allan Heinberg
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Allan Heinberg has written for "Party of Five," "Sex in the City," "The OC," "Grey’s Anatomy", and "Gilmore Girls". He is also the creator and showrunner of "The Catch". Outside of television, Heinberg has worked for ...
NYFA Acting For Film
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Designed equally for beginning actors as well as those with experience, NYFA's acting school provides actors with intensive training in screen acting, modern on-camera acting techniques, and supporting acting classes,...
NYFA Photography Portfolio Spotlight on Tanya Gawdi
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Photography graduate Tanya Gawdi attended NYFA Los Angeles in 2015. Of her art, she says, "You have to have a story behind your work. You have to have meaning behind your work." Her work mostly deals in surrealism and...
New York Film Academy Guest Speaker Series Highlights
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From Steven Spielberg to Henry Winkler to New York Film Academy alum Aubrey Plaza, NYFA has had no shortage of guest speakers with star power. Take a look at some of our guest speaker highlights over the years. Then c...