NYU Los Angeles

NYU LA held its inaugural PitchFest this past November, and it was a fantastic success.

Over 90 scripts were received in just over a month of open submission, and the quality across the board was impressive. Ultimately the strongest 19 projects were selected..

The winning writers first met for a Bootcamp session, where they attended a pitching workshop conducted by Crystal Boyd, NYU LA professor, multi-hyphenate TV creator/actor/writer and CEO of How to Pitch TV. Then all writers got the chance to practice their pitches and receive feedback form a group of industry professionals, NYU faculty, and each other.

The second session was the official PitchFest. The writers got to present their projects to a panel of executives and reps from New Line Cinema, Amblin Television, Sony Animation, Industry Entertainment, Dynamic Television, Dropout Studios, Good Fear Management, MM8, and 13 Films.

We’re already hearing of successful connections being made among the panelists and the writers and can’t wait to see what develops.

Missed out on the chance to participate in this year’s PitchFest? Keep an eye out for an announcement about future iterations.

Congrats again to all of the winning writers!

It’s been one year of our Discover LA Trips!

📍Downtown LA
📍Culver City
📍Malibu
📍Santa Monica
📍Melrose Ave

Can’t wait to explore new neighborhoods!

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Shout out to some of our incredible student leaders 🥰
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Come for the classes, stay for the views. Want to know more about studying away in LA next summer? Check out our linktree to see classes, program details, and application process 🌴 ⁣
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We had two November birthdays on the LA staff 🥳 Let’s celebrate Robin Gonsalves (Program Manager) & Lauren C**a (Wellness Counselor) for all they do!

Happy Monday, we’re in the home stretch! ☀️ Photo by student leader Sunshine Messi Benoit.⁣
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NYU LA’s land acknowledgement as we honor National Native American Heritage Month & National Native American Heritage Day. ⁣⁣
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Wakanda Forever. NYU LA’s Black Student Union hosted an outing to see the new film and got the best seats in the house 🐈‍⬛

Thanks for visiting LA, Dayna, Ebraheem and Marwan! Here’s LA site director with the Dubai Bling stars 🌴
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What we’ve been up to ✌🏼✌🏼⁣
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1 & 2: ⁣LA student Jack Gross performs at the West Coast Beatbox Championship + award art by
3 & 4: ⁣Halloween Hang @ Pan Pacific Park
5 & 6: ⁣Students + staff enjoy Ethiopian goodness 🤌🏼
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A great screening of “Perfect weather on a late October evening in Los Angeles” starring student leaders Lily & Piper 🌟
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