As space is limited, we recommend early application to guarantee a place in the workshop of your choice. In the film workshops, each student writes, produces, directs, and edits his or her own 16mm films, and rotates among crew positions when his or her classmates shoot. Students receive extensive hands-on experience as a result. It is a rigorous program, requiring great time, effort, and flexibility. Students in the Acting for Film Workshop should expect to enjoy a similarly comprehensive program.
Every workshop is full-time, with classes or shooting organized nearly every day of the week.
Opportunities for cultural activities are unlimited. New York boasts many of the world's largest museums, all located a short subway ride away from the Academy. Students dine in the town of innumerable restaurants, explore the bars and clubs of the West and East Village, Tribeca, Chelsea, and SoHo, and spend hours perusing the many art galleries and bookstores that are scattered throughout the city. Some of the best musicians in the world, from jazz to alternative to classical, play in New York. Students' 16mm films are screened and critiqued in our screening room on a twenty foot screen.