Zach Ingrasci

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Director & Co-Founder, Optimist

Los Angeles, California United States

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Zach Ingrasci is a filmmaker and the co-founder of Optimist, a non-profit production studio that creates films with impact. He is best known for directing the feature documentaries Living On One Dollar and Salam Neighbor. His films have been released by Netflix, Amazon Prime, National Geographic, and The Atlantic. His newest feature documentary, Five Years North, recently premiered at Full Frame 2020 and his short documentary, The Undocumented Lawyer, premiered at Tribeca 2020. Every film he makes is accompanied by an impact campaign to create measurable outcomes. His projects have raised over $91.5 million dollars for the films’ causes and have changed over 275,000 lives. Zach's branded work for Google has won multiple awards including a Webby in 2018 and a Shorty in 2020.

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