Bill Banowsky is an entrepreneur and filmmaker. Bill began his career as an attorney and later served as general counsel to three publicly traded media companies. He served as CEO of Landmark Theaters, which at the time was the largest chain of art house cinemas in the USA. He has started several companies, including Magnolia Pictures, Violet Crown Cinemas, Nuckolls Brewing Co., and Sky Railway.
Bill was Executive Producer of Alex Gibney’s 2010 film about criminal political consultant Jack Abramoff, Casino Jack and the United States of Money, and the producer of Starving the Beast, a film about the systemic defunding of public higher education in the USA. A Savage Art is Banowsky’s directorial debut.
Bill lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Susan.