Larry L. Banks
Associate Professor of Media ArtsChair Film, Television & Media Arts Department Area Head of Film and TV
B.A., Rutgers UniversityM.F.A., Long Island University, Post
larry.banks@liu.edu
Description
- Founder/Director/Producer, Namaste Productions, New York City
Specialties
Film, Television and Video Production; Documentaries
Honors/Awards
- Worked alongside esteemed directors such as Spike Lee, Forest Whitaker and Steve Horn
Films
- Director of Photography, feature films including “Juice,” “Strapped,” “Fly by Night” and “Substitute 2”
- Director/Producer/Cinematographer, documentaries including “A Litany for Survival: The Life and Works of Audre Lorde” (1994); “Soul Vietnam/Black Amerasians: Forgotten Casualties of Vietnam” (1995); “John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk” (1996); and “Hands of Light” (2005)
- Director, “Blues Stories” (1997); “Blackbird” (HD feature, 1998); and “Living the Blues” (2005)
- Producer, trailer for the HBO series “Jazzman” (2006)
- Created the look of commercials for brands including Nike, Levi-Strauss and AT&T
