News and Events
Live Around the World: MFA Admissions Online Chat
11/16/2011 - Watch an admissions representative guide potential applicants through the academic and creative review process for admission to the MFA programs at New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia. More
Alumni News
10/19/2011 - Get the latest news about the accomplishments of our graduates on the Tisch School of the Arts Asia blog! More
Tisch School of the Arts Asia on Vimeo
10/18/2011 - Watch student work and learn more about the campus. More
Tisch Asia Info Sessions
08/17/2010 - Learn about the MFA programs, the Center for Continuing Education, tour the campus and get detailed info about admissions & financial aid. More
Hollywood Isn't the Only Player
09/16/2011 - Check our new video and find out why Tisch School of the Arts Asia is at the the forefront of the burgeoning entertainment industry in Asia! More
Artbeat V
08/31/2011 - The fifth issue of Artbeat, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia's Magazine features special visitors in Spring 2011: The American Ambassaor to Singapore, the Honorable David I. Adelman, NYU President John Sexton and Dean of Tisch, Mary Schmidt Campbell. Artistic Director of Tisch Asia, Oliver Stone was also on Campus just before Commencement 2011. Alumni of Tisch Asia share updates on life after graduation. More
Tisch Asia President Dr Shirazi appointed as MediaCorp’s Board Member
08/11/2011 - Singapore’s media firm MediaCorp announced the appointment of Dr Thomas Ng, Dr Pari Sara Shirazi, Mr Chan Heng Kee and Mr Ahmad Nizam to its Board of Directors with immediate effect on Monday. More
Alumna Adeline Foo initiates Alumni Collaboration
08/01/2011 - Alumna Adeline Foo ’11 (MFA, Kanbar, Dramatic Writing) is currently working on adapting her successful series of picture books, Diary of Amos Lee, into a television program. More
Youths from Singapore at Cannes to learn and pursue their dreams
06/09/2011 - Many aspiring young filmmakers come from all over the world in attempt to take their first crucial step into the film business. Youths from Singapore were also at Cannes this year to learn their profession and experience the glamour of Cannes. More
Commencement 2011
05/11/2011 - Tisch School of the Arts Asia congratulates the graduating students and their families on this joyous occasion. Tisch School of the Arts Asia's 2nd Commencement will be held on Thursday, May 12, 2011, in Capella Singapore. More
EUFF and Tisch Asia: A cultural global exchange
05/10/2011 - Leveraging off its diverse student body, the EUFF has partnered with Tisch Asia, offering its students the rare opportunity to showcase their best short films alongside internationally acclaimed European features. More
14 Nominated for 2011 Tony Awards®
05/04/2011 - The 2011 Nominations for the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, also known as the Tony Awards®, were announced Tuesday, May 3rd. More
Tisch Asia Featured in The Hollywood Reporter
04/27/2011 - For a small, new film school — it launched in 2007 — the Singapore-based Tisch School of the Arts Asia already has made an impact in the region. More
With A Little Help From My Friends – Melanie Schiele’s ROCKAWAY
04/27/2011 - The trailer for Tisch Asia’s own Melanie Schiele’s new short film Rockaway is featured on the Tribeca Film Festival’s Future of Film blog. More
Tisch Asia Films at the Cannes Film Festival & Student Academy Awards
04/27/2011 - Suu and Uchikawa, a film made by Nathanael Carton and A Cambodian Snack by Garret Atlakson, both Tisch Asia film students, are getting major festival and awards recognition. More
President John Sexton’s visit to NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia
04/18/2011 - President John Sexton’s visit to NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia. All faculty, staff, alumni and students are invited. More
Brave Girl set to shoot in Nepal
04/05/2011 - Brave Girl by Erin Galey’ 10 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) is a short film exploring con-artists of the sex industry in India through the lens of a young Nepali girl on a journey from her simple home life in a Himalayan mountain village to the chaos of urban India. More
Ty Lawson ’12 (MFA, Kanbar, IMP) awarded GSCFFI Fellowship
04/05/2011 - The Global Social Change Film Festival and Institute (GSCFFI) supports filmmakers to be effective social activists and support social activists to be engaging storytellers. More
Jeremy Hall
03/31/2011 - Jeremy Hall is a pioneering Producer & Director, who developed the first, Academy Award winning, digital compositing system, heralding the beginning of the digital CGI effects industry. He has strong industrial relationships in the film market worldwide. More
New NYU Shanghai Campus to Offer Film, Acting Classes
03/30/2011 - NYU, which opened a branch of its Tisch School of the Arts in Singapore in 2007 with Oliver Stone as artistic director, will, in the fall of 2013, open a liberal arts college in Shanghai set to include classes in the cinematic and performing arts, the college said on Tuesday. More
Why Make Short Films?
03/30/2011 - Patrick Smith, Assistant Arts Professor, and students Lia Johnson and Sandhya Prabhat, all from Tisch School of the Arts Asia, discuss the importance of making short films with The Straits Times Razor TV. More
Animation & Digital Arts Event: Enrique Caballero – 3D Character Animation
03/28/2011 - Enrique specializes in creature development for animation & VFX features. He was responsible for modeling the main monster in the movie Where the Wild Things Are and most recently modeling the main owls in Legend of the Guardians. More
Braid (Bian Zi) a film by Tisch Asia’s Chun-Yi Hsieh at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
03/28/2011 - Braid (Bian Zi), a film by Chun-Yi Hsieh, a third-year graduate film student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, has been selected for the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival’s Best Narrative Short competition. Braid is one of 60 films selected out of 2,862 submissions and will compete for more than $15,000. More
Master Class with Tsai Ming Liang
03/28/2011 - Tsai Ming Liang is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese Cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards. More
Tisch Alumni Gathering in Hong Kong
03/23/2011 - A Tisch Alumni gathering was held at the Quarterdeck Club on Fenwick Pier in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. More
Student Film Shortlisted for 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
03/22/2011 - Braid (Bian Zi), a film by Chun-Yi Hsieh, a third-year graduate film student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, has been selected for the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival’s Best Narrative Short competition. Braid is one of 60 films selected out of 2,862 submissions and will compete for more than $15,000. More
Tisch Asia Artistic Director Oliver Stone heads Jury for Asian Short Film Award in Singapore
03/18/2011 - Tisch Asia’s Artistic Director, Oliver Stone will head the jury of the Asian Short Film Award, one of the highlights of the inaugural Screen Singapore to be held in June 2011. More
Trailer of Her Love Story hits China
03/17/2011 - Within a day the trailer of Her Love Story, a full-length feature film by Gu Qiao ’10 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) was released on youku.com, it received ten thousand hits. On finishing the film, Qiao hopes for the film to take part in International Film Festivals and for the film to be distributed internationally and in China. More
Knockout Pout
03/07/2011 - In May, Nicholas Pacheco ’10 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) will direct the first Costa Rica – Singapore feature film, Knockout Pout, produced by Stephanie Bousley ’10 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) and local television producer Tommy Chia. More
Spirit and Oscar Victories for Four from NYU Tisch School's Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
03/04/2011 - Four of NYU Tisch Kanbar Institute of Film & Television's own were victorious at ceremonies that saw tight competition amongst filmmakers and actors alike. The Film Independent Spirit Awards and 83rd Academy Awards®, recognized four with awards - from acting to writing to directing to technical - bringing to light the broad talent for which NYU Tisch School of the Arts trains. More
E-Magazine InCamera features film by Tisch Asia Alumni
03/02/2011 - Kodak featured Sundowning, a film by Frank Rinaldi ’10 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) in its online magazine InCamera. More
Her Love Story in Sichuan
02/18/2011 - Since leaving Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Gu Qiao’ 10 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) has been writing, producing and directing her thesis film, Her Love Story, a feature-length film. More
East-West Fest
02/16/2011 - East West Fest is an annual inter-campus screening of the MOS films made by graduate film students from Tisch Asia and our New York campus in their first year. More
Congratulations: Tisch Asia Finalists at Fusion Film Festival 2011!
02/16/2011 - Our heartiest congratulations to Tisch Asia’s women filmmakers, Anya Leta and Ng Wai Ha for entering the finals at the Fusion Film Festival 2011. More
Snowchild: A Global Feature Film
02/16/2011 - Since leaving the classrooms of Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Uta Arning ’10 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) has been busy writing, producing and directing her feature film Snowchild. More
Tisch Asia’s Dramatic Writing Student Wee Li Lin Receives Honorary Award
02/11/2011 - The Singapore Short Film Awards will be presenting the Honorary Award to Wee Li Lin ’11 (MFA, Dramatic Writing) for her outstanding contributions to the Singapore Short Film Scene. More
Singapore Short Film Awards 2011
02/11/2011 - Wake, a short film by Atsuko Hirayanagi ’12 (MFA, Kanbar, Film) has been nominated for five awards at the Singapore Short Film Awards 2011. There is a total of 11 awards at the Singapore Short Film Awards, recognizing excellence in short films made in Singapore. More
Advice on Breaking Into the Industry
02/09/2011 - Stephen Chin, an attorney, studio executive, film producer, and screenwriter, was at Tisch School of the Arts Asia for a brown bag lunch and lecture with students to advise them on entry into the international film industry. More
Masterclass by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
02/07/2011 - Award-winning filmmaker and artist, Apichatpong Weerasethakul delivered a masterclass on campus on Jan 17 2011. He gave an insight into his practice and working methods and how ideas of cinema, time, memory and politics are explored in his works; his sources of inspiration and how he maintains a spirit of experimentation and fun. More
U.S. Ambassador Visits Campus
01/28/2011 - The Honorable David I. Adelman, the American Ambassador to Singapore, visited Tisch School of the Arts Asia on 24 January 2011. More
Artbeat - Issue IV
01/28/2011 - The fourth issue of Artbeat, the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia Magazine features Dining With Oliver Stone and Conversations with Tisch Asia Alumni. More
Master Class with Karen Disher
01/21/2011 - Who is Karen Discher? Watch the video. More
ANDA Winter Show 2011
01/21/2011 - From storytelling to interactive technologies for animation. Highlights from the Animation & Digital Arts Winter Show 2010, watch the video The third ANDA Show took place on 15th December. More
Tisch Asia Dramatic Writing Student Wee Li Lin is one of Singapore’s Faces to Watch in 2011
01/12/2011 - Tisch School of the Arts Asia final year Dramatic Writing student, Wee Li Lin was featured in Singapore’s leading newspaper, The Straits Times as one of the “hot names” likely to make the headlines in 2011. More
Tisch Asia ANDA Student Kai-Sen Featured on Autodesk Website
01/04/2011 - Kai-Sen, ANDA second year student, created an interactive 3D camera that was presented at the ANDA Winter Show 2010. His project using Maya, a leading 3D animation software, is featured on the front page of the Autodesk website. More
News Archive 2007
12/31/2010 - 2007 Tisch Asia News & Events. More
News Archive 2008
12/31/2010 - 2008 Tisch Asia News & Events. More
News Archive 2009
12/31/2010 - 2009 Tisch Asia News & Events. More
News Archive 2010
12/31/2010 - 2010 Tisch Asia News & Events. More
