Russell Banks
- Born
- March 28, 1940 · Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.A
- Died
- January 7, 2023
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Russell Banks was an American writer of fiction and poetry. As a novelist, Banks was best known for his detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters. His stories usually revolved around his own childhood experiences, and often reflect "moral themes and personal relationships."
Filmography · 12 credits
- 2026Russell Banks: I Write in Order to Be A Better Person · Self (Self)
- 2024Oh, Canada · Writer
- 2021Algren (revised) · Self (Self)
- 2019Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am · Self (Self)
- 2016Nelson Algren Live · Actor (Narrator)
- 2014Algren · Self (Self)
- 2012Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters · Self (Self)
- 2010Trailerpark · Writer
- 1997Affliction · Writer
- —The Book of Jamaica · Producer
- —American Darling · Writer
- —Rule of the Bone · Writer