Zach Ingrasci

Zach Ingrasci is best known for directing & producing the feature documentaries Five Years North, Salam Neighbor, and Living on One Dollar. His films have premiered at top film festivals including Tribeca, DOCNYC, Full Frame, AFI Docs, & MountainFilm, and have been distributed globally by Netflix, HBO, Hulu, and PBS. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Variety, and The Atlantic, and has helped raise over $91 million dollars for poverty alleviation and refugee support efforts. He's been honored with the 2016 Muslim Public Affairs Council Annual Media Award; recognized alongside Bill Gates and Angelina Jolie as one of the top 100 visionary leaders of 2015 by YPO's Real Leaders Magazine; and accepted by the U.S. State Department into the American Film Showcase. On the branded side, his work at Optimist has won 4 Shorty Awards, 2 ADDY Awards, 1 Webby Award, and 2 AVA Digital Awards. In 2022, he has recently finished a new feature documentary about the psychology of investing called This is Not Financial Advice, made in partnership with XTR, Cinetic, and NY Times' Nathaniel Popper. He's also directing a film about Vitalik Buterin.