
Regina Russell Banali
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.
Acting (37 movies)

Scandal: Lawful Entry
2000

Baberellas
2003

Cheerleader Massacre
2003

Cannibal Taboo
2006

We Kill for Love
2023

Wolfhound
2002

Bikini Airways
2003

The Mummy's Kiss
2003

Sex Files: Alien Erotica II
2000

Voyeur's Delight
2005

Passion's Obsession
2000

Dungeon of Desire
1999

One More Round
2005

Bad Bizness
2003

Visions of Passion
2003

Hollywood Homicide
2003

The Model Solution
2002

Zig Zag
2002

Savage Season
2001

Scandal: Sex@students.edu
2001

Scandal: 15 Minutes of Fame
2001

Sex Court: The Movie
2001

House of Love
2000

Sex Files: Creating the Perfect Man
2000

Bare Deception
2000

Luck of the Draw
2000

Sex Files: Pleasureville
2000

Sexual Matrix
2000

The Big Hustle
1999

Hook
1991

Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet
2006

Reality Sex
2005

Sex Files: Ancient Desires
2000

Real Naughty Vice Girls
2018

Real Naughty Vice Girls 2
2018

Private Places
2019

Deviant Fantasies
2006
Directing (5 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Brad Garrett Pans Puppy Mills | 2008 | Writer | 
| Brad Garrett Pans Puppy Mills | 2008 | Producer | 
| Matt Grant PSA for Spaying and Neutering Pets | 2008 | Writer | 
| Matt Grant PSA for Spaying and Neutering Pets | 2008 | Producer | 
| I Should Be F***ing Brad Garrett | 2008 | Writer | 
| I Should Be F***ing Brad Garrett | 2008 | Producer | 
| Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back | 2014 | Writer | 
| Quiet Riot: Well Now You're Here, There's No Way Back | 2014 | Producer | 
| In The Blood | 2020 | Writer | 

