The New York Film Academy is pleased to announce a grant initiative through the Academy's Brett Ratner Grant program. The Academy has allotted 10 needs-based grants of up to US$10,000 each for international students in each of over 150 countries to study in New York City, New York; Los Angeles, California; or Abu Dhabi, UAE. Visit www.NYFA.com.
About the New York Film Academy
The New York Film Academy was founded at Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Center and has grown into a global educational force in filmmaking and acting for film.
The Academy is honored to be the film and acting school of choice of many Hollywood filmmakers and their families including the son of Steven Spielberg; the son of Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins; the son of Kevin Kline; the son of Pierce Brosnan; the daughter of George Romero; and the son of Melanie Griffith. Other former students include the son of F. Murray Abraham; the sister of Luc Besson; the daughter of Peter Bogdanovich and many others.
Overview and Philosophy
The most significant art form of our time is the moving image. Through the medium of film, individuals, communities, and nations express their most profound visions of humanity to the world. Film is the literature of the 21st Century. The New York Film Academy has designed its programs on the philosophy of “learning by doing.” In addition, it is our belief that a top-quality education in filmmaking, and acting should be accessible to anyone with the drive, passion and ambition to make films.
Gap Year, One, and Two-Year Conservatory, and MFA Programs
The New York Film Academy offers hands-on, intensive one- and two-year programs in Filmmaking and Acting for Film; and one-year programs in Digital Journalism (in affiliation with NBC News), Documentary Filmmaking, Screenwriting, Producing and Animation. MFA programs are offered at NYFA-Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. Academy students have the opportunity to apply their studies directly to a Bachelor's degree at several universities in the U.S.
Short-Term and Summer Workshops
Monthly short-term workshops are offered in New York and Los Angeles. Summer programs are offered at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida; in Central London, England; at La Fémis in Paris, France; at Cinecittà in Rome, and in Florence, Italy.
Contact
To get information regarding the Brett Ratner grant program at the Academy, or to arrange a tour of the Academy’s facilities, please contact Jack Newman, Director of Outreach and Development, at jnewman@nyfa.edu , or by phone at 212-674-4300.
