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Evgeny Afineevsky
Born October 21, 1972 in Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR, RSFSR, USSR (now Tatarstan, Russia)13 films
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).
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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.
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First watchWinter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom20157.9Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.View filmFilmography
13 films as director- 2026Children in the FireDirector
- 2026Ash and CrayonsDirector
- 2022Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for FreedomDirector
- 2020FrancescoDirector
- 2020Daydream in BlueDirector
- 2017Cries from SyriaDirector
- 2015Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for FreedomDirector
- 2015RomkaDirector
- 2015Pray for UkraineDirector
- 2014MandyDirector
- 2014Divorce: A Journey Through the Kid's EyesDirector
- 2010Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!Director
- 1999Days of LoveDirector