Category: Guest Speaker Series

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Voldi Way

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As part of NYFA’s Masters of Game Design guest speaker series, NYFA welcomed well-known programmer, producer, composer and audio designer on over 60 games, Voldi Way. Check out the Q&A to learn more about the seas...

Game Deconstruction with Scott Rogers: God of War

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As part of NYFA’s Masters of Game Design guest speaker series, instructor Scott Rogers hosted students for a game deconstruction guest lecture on action-adventure game franchise God of War.

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Tory Rust

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Brooklyn-based photographer and director Tory Rust joined NYFA for a guest lecture at the New York campus. Raised in Fargo, North Dakota, Rust shared stories of her experiences working as a photographer and offered an...

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Matt Kaplan

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Following a screening of the Netflix all-time most-viewed original film, "To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before," NYFA hosted an exclusive Q&A with esteemed producer Matt Kaplan for our high school campers. Tova Laite...

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Sandy Skoglund

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) welcomed Sandy Skoglund, an American photographer and installation artist originally from Weymouth, Massachusetts for a special guest lecture and Q&A at NYFA’s New York campus as part ...

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Steven Rudin

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New York Film Academy (NYFA) welcomed Steven Rudin, a psychiatrist turned visual collage artist, for a special guest lecture and Q&A at NYFA’s New York campus as part of NYFA’s monthly photography guest speaker se...

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Jane Jenkins

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Get to know Jane Jenkins, the casting director behind classic films and fan favorites like The Princess Bride, Jurassic Park, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, A Beautiful Mind, When Harry Met Sally, & Harry Potter and th...

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Rachel Bloom

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New York Film Academy welcomed Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated writer, producer, Rachel Bloom, for a Q&A with NYFA’s Director of Industry Lecture Series, Tova Laiter. Rachel Bloom is best known as the s...

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Derek Kolstad

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Derek Kolstad, creator, and writer of the iconic action franchise starring Keanu Reeves, John Wick, spoke with students at a special event at New York Film Academy moderated by Director of the NYFA Q&A Series, Tov...

NYFA Guest Speaker Series: Hayden Szeto

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In 2017, New York Film Academy alum Hayden Szeto returned to the Los Angeles campus to share his latest hit The Edge of Seventeen. During the event, hosted by Director of Industry Lecture Series Tova Laiter, Szeto ...