The great directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Powell, David Lean and actors like Lawrence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Alec Guiness, Peter O'Toole, and Vanessa Redgrave. Some of America's greatest filmmakers have found England to be the best place to make their films, George Lucas made Star Wars there. In London, New York Film Academy students will plunge headlong into this great tradition and try their own hands at filmmaking. In the semester abroad program students will direct a digital video exercise built around a train trip to a city in Europe. In the film workshops, each student writes, produces, directs, and edits his or her own films, and rotates among crew positions when his or her classmates shoot.
Students receive extensive hands-on experience as a result.
Students in the Acting for Film Workshop should expect to enjoy a similarly comprehensive program. Please see the appropriate section for the workshop of your choice. It was established by King George IV in 1829 and boasts six Nobel Prize winners among its faculty and alumni. The orignal Strand Campus, located on the banks of the River Thames, overlooks the National Theatre and Royal Festival Hall. Our students will enjoy the extensive library, sports and fitness, and computing facilities available at King's.