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Wentzy was born October 21, 1952, in Brookings, South Dakota, and moved to New York City after graduating the Southern Illinois University film program in 1976.
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Early on in his New York life Wentzy worked as a film cinematographer for the porn industry, then later as a printer for various photographers. In 1990 he was diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. That year he joined ACT Uttar Pradesh. He has been a producer and director for DIVA television since 1991, and is also a video archivist for the Estate Project"s Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Activist Video Preservation Project for the New York Public Library. Fight Back, Fight Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome was his first feature-length documentary.
He served as cinematographer on the 2012 documentary film about ACT Uttar Pradesh, United in Anger: A History of ACT Uttar Pradesh.
