New York Film Academy

New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, television and theater producer. It was originally located at the Tribeca Film Center. In 1994, NYFA moved to 100 East 17th Street, the former Tammany Hall building in the Union Square. After 23 years of occupancy, the academy relocated from Tammany Hall to 17 Battery Place.
As of 2012, the school has 400+ employees and over 5,000 students per year (many of them from outside the United States). NYFA offers master, bachelor, and associate degrees, as well as one- and two-year conservatory programs, short-term workshops, and youth programs and summer camps.
History
The college was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, television, and theatre producer. Originally located at the Tribeca Film Center, NYFA moved to 100 East 17th Street, the former Tammany Hall building in Union Square in 1994. After 23 years of occupancy, the college relocated from Tammany Hall to 17 Battery Place in 2015, where the school currently resides.
Academics
NYFA offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates, and workshops. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission.
NYFA's disciplines of study include filmmaking, Producing, Screenwriting, Cinematography, Digital editing, Documentary Filmmaking, Acting for Film, 3D Animation and Visual Effects, Entertainment Media, Photography, Game Design, Musical Theater and Virtual Reality, as well as an English as a second language program that aims to combine traditional language learning with activities related to the arts. In 2007, NYFA partnered with NBC News to start a program in Broadcast Journalism. In 2010 the contract between NYFA and NBC expired, but the broadcast journalism programs at NYFA continue to be offered by many of the original faculty. NYFA degree programs, workshops, and short-term courses are held around the world. Summer workshops are offered at Harvard University. International locations include Australia, Florence, Paris, Beijing, and Shanghai. Other international locations are offered at various times of the year.
Partnerships
Since 2007, NYFA has collaborated with museums and major art institutions to organize cultural and filmmaking education initiatives for teens and young adults. Since 2010, the New York Film Academy has partnered with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Working closely with each individual institution, the Film Academy contributes resources in curriculum development, teaching staff, and equipment to deliver programs that teach students the creative art of the moving image, as well as the importance and value of all forms of art and the institutions that preserve, protect and display them. The partnering institutions include:
Brooklyn Museum, 2007
Whitney Museum, 2009
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010–current
In 2014, NASA and the New York Film Academy announced a new initiative that would enlist students to create original audiovisual materials to raise awareness about the development of the James Webb Space Telescope as part of the academy's STEAM initiative.
The New York Film Academy offered a series of ongoing REDucation Workshops in partnership with RED Digital Cinema Camera Company.
10 ARTS Foundation
NYFA founded 10 ARTS Foundation, a nonprofit organization that offers scholarship and funding opportunities for storytellers. The public can volunteer with the organization, donate to a program or educational project.
10 ARTS has NYFA Alliances with National Geographic, TheMET, BAFTA, NASA, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Writers Guild Foundation, Warner Brothers, USAID, National Coalition Against Censorshop, The Hilaria & Alec Baldwin Foundation, USO, TEDx, MultiChoice, Alexandra Skiba Memorial Scholarship, Tribeca Film Festival, AT&T, New York Public Library, Inter-American Development Bank, Fulbright, and more.
The Board of Trustees includes journalist and filmmaker Tony Harris, and film/TV producer Shkh. Al-Zain S. Al-Sabah, Jack McColgan, and Heidi Wissmiller.
Notable faculty
NYFA draws faculty who are active, working professionals in their fields, many of whom are award winners or have formerly taught at such prestigious institutions as Tisch School of the Arts, Columbia University, AFI Conservatory, University of Southern California, Stanford University, Harvard University, Yale University and University of California, Los Angeles.
Notable faculty members have included SAG Award-winning actor Matthew Modine, BAFTA Award-winning cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond BSC, ASC, film critic Peter Rainer, actor Bill Duke, writer Heather Hach, director Nag Ashwin, filmmaker Mark Lester, actress Brenda Vaccaro, actor Louis Gossett Jr., actor Mark Olsen, actress and musical theater performer Kristy Cates, director Adam Nimoy, game designer Chris Swain, director Claude Kerven, screenwriter Jim Jennewein, actress Lynda Goodfriend, and actor/director Michael Zelniker.
Notable alumni
Adinia Wirasti, actress
Adrian Voo, actor
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya, actor and producer
Alanna Masterson, actress
Alaya Furniturewala, actress
Alberto Frezza, actor
Alfonso Perugini, actor and film director
Alfonso Ribeiro, actor
Amanda Du-Pont, actress
Andrew Bachelor, actor and Internet personality
Angela Ismailos, director
Anouar H. Smaine - Film director, producer, writer and actor
Antonio Chavez Trejo, filmmaker, writer, producer and entrepreneur
Athiya Shetty, actress
Aubrey Plaza, actress
Banky Wellington, rapper and actor
Bevin Prince, actor
Bill Hader, actor and screenwriter
Bita Elahian, actress and filmmaker
Brittany Andrews, actress, model, and filmmaker
Camilla Luddington, actress
Carter Smith, director and photographer
Chad Duell, actor
Chika Anadu, director and screenwriter
Chord Overstreet, actor
Damon Wayans, actor and comedian
Damon Wayans, Jr., actor and comedian
D. B. Woodside, actor
Drama Del Rosario, documentarian
Eamonn Walker, actor
Elyfer Torres, actor
Eve Hewson, actress
Francesco Panzieri, visual effects artist
Gauri Shinde, Director
Gerald McMorrow, writer and director
Gino M. Santos, director and producer
Giorgio Pasotti, actor
Greg DeLiso, director
Hannah Lux Davis, director
Hannah Quinlivan, actress and model
Hayden Szeto, actor
Imran Khan, actor
Issa Rae, creator
James Friend, cinematographer
Jason Shah, actor
Lal Jr., director and screenwriter
Jessica Lee Rose, actress
Joelle Garguilo, journalist
Jonathan Morgan Heit, actor
Joshua Leonard, actor
Julie Tan, actress
Justine Wachsberger, actor
Kangana Ranaut, actress
Kemi Adesoye, screenwriter
Kendall Ciesemier, reporter and producer
Kira Hagi, actress
Kushal Tandon, model and actor
Lana Condor, actress
Lea Gabrielle, journalist
Lio Tipton, model and actress
Luv Ranjan, producer, screenwriter, and director
Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, participant on The Apprentice
Maisa Silva, actor and TV presenter
Manuel Garcia, actor
Mariana Gómez, actress and singer.
Mariano Di Vaio, actor
Mariyah Moten, model and pageant queen
Masali Baduza, actress
Matty Cardarople, actor
Mike Pohjola, screenwriter, playwright, novelist
Mohamed Diab, director and screenwriter
Nag Ashwin, director
Nara Rohit, actor
Natasha Thahane, actress
Naya Rivera, actress
Neil Forsyth, screenwriter
Niharica Raizada, actress
OC Ukeje, actor
Omoni Oboli, actress, director, producer, and writer
Oshri Cohen, actor
Oskar Kuchera, actor, TV presenter, and radio host
Paul Dano actor
Pevita Pearce, actress
Philip Dorling, screenwriter
Rafael de la Fuente, actor
Ragga Ragnars, actress
Rah Digga, actress and rapper
Raphaela Neihausen, producer
Rekha Rana, actress
Rob Margolies, writer and director
Rohit Gupta, director
Ronen Rubinstein, actor
Sasha Cohen, actress and figure skater
Sean Robinson, film director and editor
Shaquille O'Neal, basketball player and actor
Sharad Malhotra, actor
Shehzad Sheikh, actor
Shirley Setia, singer and actress
Somy Ali, actress
Stephanie Cayo, actress
Stephanie Okereke Linus, actress
Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam, director
Tracy Oliver, writer, producer, and actor
Trevor Matthews, producer and actor
Tushar Tyagi, director
Vittoria Chierici, artist
Zoltan Varkonyi, director and actor
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