Hailing from Lagos, Banky W. first enrolled in NYFA’s New York campus to study an 8-week Filmmaking Workshop, returning summer 2017 to complete the Academy’s 8-Week Screenwriting Workshop. His new video “Love U Baby” is the most recent of a string of fruitful collaborations with the institution.
NEW YORK (PRWEB) January 29, 2018
Nigerian actor and R&B star Banky Wellington (AKA Banky W) has just released his new music video “Love U Baby,” created in collaboration with the New York Film Academy (NYFA). The video was produced, filmed, and edited by the New York Film Academy’s faculty and staff of working industry professionals.
Two-thousand seventeen was a banner year for Banky W. It saw the performer drop his second album, “Songs About U,” and star in the feature film “The Wedding Party.” He then married his co-star from the film, Nigerian acting star Adesua Etomi, in a traditional ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria. Rounding out his full schedule, he also completed a second workshop at New York Film Academy.
Hailing from Lagos, Banky W. first enrolled in NYFA’s New York campus to study an 8-week Filmmaking Workshop, returning summer 2017 to complete the Academy’s 8-Week Screenwriting Workshop. His new video “Love U Baby” is the most recent of a string of fruitful collaborations with the institution.
“The name ‘The New York Film Academy’ has a certain level of stock,” Banky W. has remarked, “So that in and of itself is a feather in the cap … you know that I have the training behind it to pull this great idea off.”
Banky hopes to inspire students worldwide, but particularly in his native Nigeria, to follow in his footsteps by combining their passion with proper training like that provided by the New York Film Academy. He elaborates on the importance these skills can have for young people, saying, “You’ll have a whole new generation of people who really can change their country, and they can change their continent, and they can elevate the art that is coming out from these parts of the world with their own stories.”
About Banky W.
Banky W. is a Nigerian actor and R&B star, most recently seen in feature film “The Wedding Party.” His music videos, “Mercy,” “Lowkey,” and “Unborn Child” (which he filmed in collaboration with the New York Film Academy) premiered at one of the largest theaters in Lagos, Nigeria.
The “Music Film Experience” premiere event at the Palms Mall was attended by some of the Nigeria’s top celebrities and A-listers, and was sponsored by Samsung, Diamond Bank, CÎROC™ vodka, Oando Plc, and Fuse.
About New York Film Academy
The New York Film Academy (NYFA) is a leading visual and performing arts school that offers courses across 15 areas of study in New York City, Los Angeles, South Beach/Miami, Gold Coast (Australia), Florence (Italy), Mumbai (India), and more. Thousands of aspiring artists come to study at the New York Film Academy each year from over 120 countries. For more information, please visit nyfa.edu.