New York Film Academy

hi, everyone. I want to know if you finished this academy they help you find job or no ? Or is it possible find job after finish the Academy ??? Thanks

The New York Film Academy is, plainly and simply, a misconception. First off, let me start by saying that I'm not in favor of crushing businesses with poor reviews, but after attending this school for over 2 months, I thought I'd help those of you who are thinking about attending the New York Film Academy in the future. First off, NYFA is in a sense, a complete scam. The school, primarily in New York, offers no career advancement, no film festivals and invests more in its advertising internationally than its students. Most of the students at this school are international, living in and around NYC on an academic visa. The primary goal of this school is to get you in and out. Whether it's a 4 month, 8 month, or 1-year program, this school just wants your tuition money, hence the name, a 'for-profit' conservatory. Secondly, on a more personal level, the film industry is entirely connection based. If you think you can walk out of a school like NYFA, or even Tisch or USC for that matter and land a job directing a 3-million dollar movie, a 100-thousand dollar movie, or even a 10-thousand dollar movie, you're surely mistaken. This is not 1980 anymore when you can walk out of Tisch and automatically get a job directing Goodfellas. This is 2016! You can't expect to go to an overpriced film school, walk out of there with a meaningless certificate and suddenly get a job in the film industry. It doesn't work that way. Take any A-list director for example (James Cameron, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, etc.). These directors, first off, were extremely talented and had a vision. The question is what did they do with that vision? Did they drop 20 thousand dollars on a meaningless film degree or did they go out in the real world and build professional contacts? Think about it. What does a director have to do to get "in" the film industry... they have to be talented, have an original vision of film ideas, express those ideas to industry members (whether it's a producer, a screenwriter, a gaffer... whatever), and then finally, he or she has to make a great film. I've been living in New York City for just 3 months and already I have 3-year contract with a talent agency, a manager, an entertainment attorney, and several industry contacts... most of which are producers. If you want to reach a certain level of success in the film industry, don't go to film school, and especially don't go to the New York Film Academy. It's simply a scam.

I went there for a summer camp from4/8/2015 to 7/8/2015. I love there! And I knew my new best friend there!

Not great for all the money spent. I was in a group where 1/2 really wanted to do well, and the other 1/2 were late and didn't care, while making films. We were depending on every member to make our films and teachers weren't helpful when tried to get their help. For all the money spent, there should be more support.

This place is a joke. Everything about it is. 99% of the teachers are either frauds, has-beens, or never-weres.

Look up their list of "luminaries" (i.e. former students). No one even close to notable has come out of it, in 20 years of operation. Statistically, you're more liable to find a future film personage in a cement factory.