- Documentary filmmaker and film teacher, Yasha Aginsky lives and works in Nevada City, CA. During his career as a director and editor, his work has twice been nominated for Academy Awards (in 1986, Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo and in 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 Jean Rouch International Film Festival, 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 Rhône (Les vins du Rhône); A Vision of Here, and Yasha has made Always Been a Rambler (produced by The Arhoolie Foundation) and Banjo Tales (Smithsonian Folkways). He is also the editor of Outsider, The Life and Art of Judith Scott (Betsy Bayha) and of Granny D Goes to Washington (Alidra Solday).
- IMDb mini biography by: Yasha Aginsky, yashaaginsky.com
- SpouseCarrie D'Inzillo Aginsky(May 11, 1972 - present) (2 children)
- will be shooting a documentary about Bratsch in Crete over New Year's 2000.
- served as Grand Witness for the International Selection of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 1999.
- Made several documentaries in France, including Rendez-Vous Avec Bratsch (1999) and Les Raisins Du Coeur (2002).
- will be making a documentary about the same Festival, 2000.
- Presently making films in San Francisco and teaching filmmaking at San Francisco State University.
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