Banker White

Banker White is an interdisciplinary artist and award-winning filmmaker based in San Francisco. From war and disease to the complex dimensions that surround aging and death, his work is unified by a compassionate humanism.

His projects have been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Sundance Documentary Fund, Creative Capital, MacArthur Foundation, the Tribeca Film Institute, Impact Partners, ITVS, DocSociety, the Catapult Film Fund, The Fledgling Fund, LEF, the California Council for the Humanities, Center for Cultural Innovation, the Creative Work Fund, the Pacific Pioneer Fund, and the Headlands Center for the Arts.

Banker also co-founded the WeOwnTV Freetown Media Center, a collaborative media project in Sierra Leone, which has been supported by Creative Capital, The Bertha Foundation, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Freedom to Create, and BAVC.

SELECTED WORK

HEAVEN THROUGH THE BACKDOOR DIRECTOR IN PRODUCTION

SURVIVORS CO-DIRECTOR POV | PBS (2018) AL JAZEERA | WITNESS (2019)

The Genius of Caring Lead Artist Interactive doc | NEA (2014)

A Marriage to Remember DIRECTOR NYTimes Op-DocS (2014)

THE GENIUS OF MARIAN DIRECTOR POV | PBS (2013)

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars DIRECTOR POV | PBS (2007)

Artwork’s on saltisland.org