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Evgeny Afineevsky

Evgeny Afineevsky

Director · Born October 21, 1972 · Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR, RSFSR, USSR (now Tatarstan, Russia)

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Biography

Evgeny Mikhailovich Afineevsky (Russian: Евгений Михайлович Афинеевский; born October 21, 1972) is an Israeli-American film director, producer and cinematographer who lives in the United States. In 2016 Afineevsky was nominated for an Academy Award and Emmys for his documentary "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom" (2016). Afineevsky was born in Kazan, Tatar ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on October 21, 1972 to a Russian-Jewish family. In the early 1990s, Afineevsky became an Israeli citizen and served in the Israeli Defence Forces. As he became involved in the film industry, he relocated to Los Angeles in the United States through connections to Menahem Golan, living there since 1999. Afineevsky is openly homosexual.

Directed 11

2020s

  1. 2026

    Ash and Crayons

    Director

  2. 2025

    Children in the Fire

    Director

  3. 2022

    Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

    Director

  4. 2020

    Francesco

    Director

2010s

  1. 2017

    Cries from Syria

    Director

  2. 2015
  3. Romka

    Director

  4. Pray for Ukraine

    Director

  5. 2014

    Divorce: A Journey Through the Kid's Eyes

    Director

  6. 2010

Produced 12

2020s

  1. 2026

    Ash and Crayons

    Producer

  2. 2025

    Children in the Fire

    Producer

  3. 2020

    Francesco

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2017

    Cries from Syria

    Producer

  2. 2015
  3. Romka

    Producer

  4. Pray for Ukraine

    Producer

  5. 2014

    Divorce: A Journey Through the Kid's Eyes

    Producer

  6. 2010

Camera 6

2020s

  1. 2026

    Ash and Crayons

    Director of Photography

  2. 2025

    Children in the Fire

    Director of Photography

  3. 2020

    Francesco

    Director of Photography

2010s

  1. 2017

    Cries from Syria

    Director of Photography

  2. 2015
  3. Pray for Ukraine

    Director of Photography

Wrote 3

2020s

  1. 2026

    Ash and Crayons

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2014

    Divorce: A Journey Through the Kid's Eyes

    Writer

  2. 2010

Acted in 1

Appearances1

2020s

  1. 2023

    Subject

    Self