Christopher Banks

Christopher Banks is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and songwriter based in New Zealand. His first feature, the camp comedy Quiet Night In, was unleashed on the international festival circuit in 2005, with an Australasian DVD release in 2007. His second film, Teddy, was released in 2009 to critical and audience acclaim and played at some of the world’s largest gay film festivals, including Outfest Los Angeles, Frameline San Francisco, and Inside Out Toronto. It has won two awards, and became the first New Zealand film to be nominated for the prestigious Iris Prize for short filmmaking in the UK. His third film, Communication, was released on the festival circuit in 2010 and has won two international awards. Banks lives in Auckland, New Zealand, and is married to Dean Spooner, his partner of thirteen years. He is very fond of Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, the board game CLUEDO, and the classic British sitcom ARE YOU BEING SERVED?