Wikiquote has quotations related to Robert Banks (filmmaker).
Robert Banks | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert C. Banks, Jr. September 7, 1966 |
| Occupation | Experimental filmmaker |
Robert C. Banks, Jr. (born September 7, 1966) is an American experimental filmmaker.
Banks attended the Cleveland School of the Arts and has taught film at Cuyahoga Community College, the Cleveland Institute of Art,[1] and Cleveland State University.
His best known work is the 1992 the mixed media film essay, X: The Baby Cinema, a 4.5 minute, 16 mm short film which chronicled the commercial appropriation of the image of Malcolm X. It was met with disdain from director Spike Lee who made the biopic that same year.[2]
The 1994 feature documentary film, You Can't Get a Piece of Mind explores the world of Cleveland musician and Vietnam veteran, Dan "Supie T" Theman.
Banks has had his films shown at the Sundance Film Festival,[3] was named Filmmaker of the Year at the Midwest Filmmakers Conference, and in 2000, he was the honored guest filmmaker in London at the BBC British Short Film Festival.
