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Regina Russell Banali

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Regina Russell Banali
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Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back (2014)
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Regina Banali is a producer and director and former actress. After two decades and over 50 film and television roles she stepped behind the camera in 2008. She is most known for directing Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back (2014), a documentary on the band Quiet Riot. An early pioneer of crowdfunding, she raised the seed money on Kickstarter in 2010. It was quickly acquired by the Showtime Network and was released worldwide.

One of her first acting roles was as a mermaid in Steven Spielberg's Hook (1991). She has also enjoyed a career as a host and fashion correspondent. She hosted style segments on Today (1952), Access Hollywood (1996), among many others, and appeared as a third chair host on The Fashion Team (2006), as a celebrity style expert. Regina is an active member of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Alliance of Women Directors, Glass Elevator & Women In Film. She is also an Intimacy Coordinator and President and CEO of Intimacy Coordinators in Film and Television Alliance.
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At the premiere of her film "Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back" at the Newport Beach Film Festival April 29th, 2014
Regina Russell Banali and Frankie Banali
Regina Russell Banali
Regina Russell Banali
Directing 'The Quiet Riot Movie' (working title) Feature length documentary.
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Regina Russell Banali and Frankie Banali
Regina Russell Banali and Michael Vartan
Regina Russell Banali and Frankie Banali
Regina Russell Banali and Frankie Banali
Regina Russell Banali and Frankie Banali

Known for

American Horror Stories (2021)
American Horror Stories
6.2
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Into the Dark (2018)
Into the Dark
6.3
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back (2014)
Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back
7.6
  • Director(as Regina Russell)
  • 2014
Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Robin Williams, Bob Hoskins, Dante Basco, David Crosby, Robert Amico, Jasen Fisher, Stephanie Furst, Raushan Hammond, James Madio, Regina Russell Banali, Alex Zuckerman, and Paul Babb in Hook (1991)
Hook
6.8
  • Mermaid(as Regina Russell)
  • 1991

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  • 3rd Floor
    • Pre-production
  • The Bystander Effect
    • Post-production
  • Our Man
    • Post-production
  • Marshall Hilliard and Monique Parent in Hairball (2022)
    Hairball
  • Don Johnson and Cheech Marin in Nash Bridges (2021)
    Nash Bridges
  • American Horror Stories (2021)
    American Horror Stories
  • Into the Dark (2018)
    Into the Dark
  • The Gaze: No Homo (2020)
    The Gaze: No Homo
  • Discovering Brooklynn (2020)
    Discovering Brooklynn

Director

  • In the Blood (2019)
    In the Blood
  • Quiet Riot: Can't Get Enough
  • How Randy Rhoads Met Ozzy (2015)
    How Randy Rhoads Met Ozzy
  • Kevin Memories
  • Thunderbird Montage (2015)
    Thunderbird Montage
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Tour of Musonia
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Sally Steele
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Frankie's Office
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Casino Wedding
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with John 5
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with Steven Adler
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with Jodi Vigier
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with Lark Williams
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with Kelly Garni (2015)
    A Conversation with Kelly Garni
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Back to the Coast
    • (as Regina Russell)

Producer

  • In the Blood (2019)
    In the Blood
  • Quiet Riot: Can't Get Enough
  • How Randy Rhoads Met Ozzy (2015)
    How Randy Rhoads Met Ozzy
  • Kevin Memories
  • Thunderbird Montage (2015)
    Thunderbird Montage
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Tour of Musonia
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Sally Steele
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Frankie's Office
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Casino Wedding
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with John 5
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with Steven Adler
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with Jodi Vigier
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with Lark Williams
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • A Conversation with Kelly Garni (2015)
    A Conversation with Kelly Garni
    • (as Regina Russell)
  • Back to the Coast
    • (as Regina Russell)

Videos7

United Way charity auction
Demo Reel 4:44
United Way charity auction
Hosting/Fashion Expert Reel
Demo Reel 4:59
Hosting/Fashion Expert Reel
Hook
Trailer 2:03
Hook
Dungeon of Desire
Trailer 2:03
Dungeon of Desire
Playboy Mansion Parties
Trailer 1:16
Playboy Mansion Parties
Hollywood Homicide
Trailer 2:30
Hollywood Homicide
QUIET RIOT: Well now you're here,There's no way back
Trailer 2:32
QUIET RIOT: Well now you're here,There's no way back

Personal details

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    • Intimacy Coordinators Alliance
    • Intimacy Directing and Coordinating for film and television
    • August 2
    • Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Frankie BanaliNovember 11, 2015 - August 20, 2020 (his death)
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    • 5 Interviews
    • 18 Articles

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