Regina Russell Banali

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

August 2, 1965

Biography

Regina Russell is a film producer, director, television presenter, and actress. She directed and produced a feature length documentary called "QUIET RIOT: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back" about the hard rock band Quiet Riot. The film premiered at the 2014 Newport Beach Film Festival and won the Festival Honors award for "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" in the music category. It also won "Best Music Documentary" from the Oregon Independent Film Festival, and was a official selection of The Hollywood Film Festival, The Carmel International Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival and the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. It Premiered on the Showtime Network Jan 29th 2015. Rolling Stone magazine called it "One of the top rock docs to see this summer". (Issue 1238 July 2nd, 2015) As a celebrity style expert and red carpet fashion critic, she has appeared in fashion segments for The Today Show, E! News, Access Hollywood, The Fashion Team, and Good Day L.A. She owned and operated Celebrity Closet Raiders, a high end designer resale store which carried merchandise previously owned by celebrities. Russell is engaged to Quiet Riot drummer and manager Frankie Banali.