New York Film Academy

New York Film Academy

Film School and Acting School
Motto	The most hands-on intensive programs in the world
Type	Private
Established	1992
President	Michael J. Young
Academic staff	400+
Students	7,000 per year
Location	17 Battery Place, New York, U.S.
Campus	Urban
Colors	Black, White, and Red
Sports	Intramural
Nickname	NYFA
Website	www.nyfa.edu

Black, White, and Red

New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and across the world. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, television and theatre producer. It was originally located at the Tribeca Film Center. In 1994, NYFA moved to the former Tammany Hall building in Union Square. After 23 years of occupancy, the Academy relocated from Tammany Hall to Battery Park in October 2015.

As of 2012, the school has 400+ employees and over 7,000 students per year. 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 in filmmaking, acting for film, photography, fashion photography, documentary filmmaking, 3D animation & visual effects, game design, producing, screenwriting, digital filmmaking, cinematography, broadcast journalism, musical theatre, music video, digital editing, graphic design, virtual reality, ESL. and illustration at various locations throughout the world.