A native of Bombay, India, Aminta developed a love for writing as a child, when she discovered the magic of poetry. As she continued to write, she looked for different outlets for the creative impetus, dabbling initially in painting, and then in theatre. When she was introduced to the art of cinema, she knew she had found her purpose.

Aminta received a BA in Film and Theatre studies from Cornell University, where she made some experimental short films and directed the successful theatrical production of Berkoffs Agamemnon.

She went on to pursue an MFA at USC's School of Cinema-Television, where she has directed a number of shorts. Her thesis film, The Morning Fog, is an unusual tale of a big-city Indian girl, who gets lost in the jungle while searching for a mythical tiger.

Aminta hopes in her career as a director to make films that explore themes of identity in the multi-cultural fractures of modernity. She is currently working on a feature-length screenplay that centers on the Indian Diaspora in the United States.