New York Film Academy

The New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) was founded in 1997. A for-profit film school and acting school with locations in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was formed in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, television, and theatre producer who had worked in the entertainment industry. It used to be housed in the Tribeca Film Center in New York City. The New York Film Academy relocated to 100 East 17th Street, the historic Tammany Hall building in Union Square, in 1994. The institution moved from Tammany Hall to 17 Battery Place in New York City after 23 years in the building.

As of 2012, the school employs more than 400 people and serves more than 5,000 pupils every year (many of them from outside the United States). Master's, bachelor's, and associate degrees are available, as are one- and two-year conservatory programmes, short-term seminars, and youth programmes and summer camps at New York Film Academy.

There are a variety of courses offered at NYFA in the areas of filmmaking and producing, screenwriting, cinematography and digital editing, documentary filmmaking, acting for the camera, 3D animation and visual effects (including special effects), photography, game design, musical theatre, graphic design, and virtual reality. The school also offers an English as a Second Language (ESL) programme that combines traditional language learning with activities related to the arts. NYFA formed a partnership with NBC News in 2007 to launch a programme in broadcast journalism at the New York Film Academy. Even though the contract between NYFA and NBC terminated in 2010, the Broadcast Journalism programmes at NYFA continue to be provided with a large number of the original faculty members. Degree programmes, seminars, and short-term courses are offered all around the globe by the New York Film Academy. Harvard University offers summer programmes in a variety of subjects. Australia, Florence, Paris, Beijing, and Shanghai are just a few of the international locales. Other overseas venues are available at various periods of the year in different countries.

Because of its collaboration with museums and significant art organisations, the New York Film Academy has been able to offer cultural and filmmaking education programmes for teenagers and young adults since 2007. Since 2010, the New York Film Academy has collaborated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art on a number of initiatives. As part of a collaborative effort with each individual institution, the Film Academy contributes resources in the form of curriculum development, teaching staff, and equipment to deliver programmes that teach students the creative art of the moving image, as well as the significance and value associated with all forms of art and the institutions that preserve, protect, and display them.