In a case of art imitating life imitating art, Henry Winkler who co-stars as acting teacher Gene Cousineau on the hit HBO dark comedy, Barry, came to the NYFA campus…
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NYFA One -Year Filmmaking alum Michael Obiazi Abadi first fell in love with filmmaking because of “the ability to tell stories and tell them how you wish.” Abadi told NYFA…
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The Television Academy announced the nominations for the 74th annual Emmy awards on Tuesday, July 14th. The 2022 award season looks promising and exciting for the NYFA community. NYFA…
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2020 was a rollercoaster of a year. There were many challenges and uncomfortable moments that required us to adapt quickly but though it was a difficult time, 2020 helped us…
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After Walt Disney Studios released the film franchises’ first installment in 1995, Toy Story became a force to be reckoned with in the animation world. Toy Story was the first ‘3D’ style computer-animated feature…
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In 1997, after an illuminating trip to a leading film festival, Jeff Friday founded The American Black Film Festival(ABFF). Since opening its doors in Miami, ABFF has been dedicated to…
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NYFA Documentary Professor Claudia Raschke is the Cinematographer for Peabody Award-Winning Doc “My Name is Pauli Murray” Since 1940, the Peabody Awards have been recognizing outstanding work in…
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Since graduating, New York Film Academy (NYFA) MFA Filmmaking alum Felipe Holguin has been making ground-breaking work, capturing sincere and comical portraits of people in and around his native Colombia. …
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New York Film Academy (NYFA) and Xiamen University (XMU), one of the top academic institutions in Southern China, held a virtual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony on June 7,…
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