Asher Jelinsky is an American film director and writer, best known for their
short film ''
Miller & Son'' (2019), for which they received critical acclaim and won the
BAFTA Student Film Award and the Gold Medal for "Best Narrative" (Domestic) at the 2019
Student Academy Awards.
Biography
Jelinsky was born and grew up in the
San Francisco Bay Area and earned a bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Public Health from
Pitzer College
Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. One of the Claremont Colleges, the college has a curricular emphasis on the social sciences, behavioral sciences, international programs, and media studies. Pitzer is k ...
. They also attended the
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees.
Leade ...
where they received an MFA in Directing.
In 2019, Jelinsky directed their AFI thesis film ''
Miller & Son'' which explores the feeling of compartmentalization by portraying the life of a transgender mechanic, performed by then-non-binary actress
Jesse James Keitel
Jesse James Keitel is an American actress, writer, and artist, known for starring in Asher Jelinsky's award-winning short film '' Miller & Son'' (2019), the ABC crime drama '' Big Sky'' (2020) and on '' Queer as Folk'' (2022).
Early life
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. The film won the
BAFTA Student Film Award and the Gold Medal for "Best Narrative" (Domestic) at the 2019
Student Academy Awards.
Jelinsky is non-binary and uses gender-neutral
singular they pronouns. They are currently based in
Los Angeles.
References
External links
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Asher Jelinskyon Vimeo
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American film directors
American non-binary writers
21st-century American LGBT people
Non-binary directors