Yasha Aginsky
Birthday: November 22, 1994
Documentary filmmaker and film teacher, Yasha Aginsky lives and works in San Francisco. During his career as a director and editor, his work has twice been nominated for Academy Awards (1986, Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo and 1991, Forever Activists) and the films he has produced with his wife, Carrie D'Inzillo Aginsky, have won awards in many festivals including Cine International, American Film Festival, National Educational Media Network, Silver Images in the USA and at the Bilan de film ethnographique, Paris. Since 1997, Yasha and Carrie have made Full Circle; Bratsch at Work (Rendez-Vous avec Bratsch); Wine From the Heart (Les Raisins du Coeur); Wine From the Rhone (Vins du Rhone), and Yasha has made Always Been a Rambler (produced by The Arhoolie Foundation). He was also the editor of Outsider, The Life and Art of Judith Scott (Betsy Bayha) and of Granny D Goes to Washington (Alidra Solday).
