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Banks Tarver

Producer, also director

Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

Works as
Producer, also director
Titles
57 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 20% in 30 days

What are Banks Tarver's films like?

Across their 54 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Society
20%
Power
14%
Bonds
12%
Morality
12%
Survival
9%
Ideas
7%
Ambition14 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity13 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themePower8 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame9 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 3 · Dark 6

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 8 · Charged 6 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 13 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 8 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
34
Tense
25
Melancholic
16
Warm
15
Joyful
12
Other
31

How their films linger

Thought-provoking28 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous28
  • Cyclical6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Banks Tarver's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 57 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Banks Tarver's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

83 credits, 57 with a MovieCove page.

  • Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu(2026)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Long Play(2026)

    Show Producer

  • Scott Peterson: The New Evidence(2026)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Andrew Young: The Dirty Work (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Executive Producer

  • Let the Devil In(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all shows

  • Weight of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Executive Producer

  • Killer Lies: Chasing A True Crime Con Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Sorry/Not Sorry(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Lady of the Dunes: Hunting a Cape Cod Killer(2024)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Hitler: The Lost Tapes of the Third Reich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Legacy of J Dilla (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Beyond the Battlefield(2023)

    Show Producer

  • Giuliani: What Happened to America's Mayor?(2023)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all shows

  • Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Batali: The Fall of a Superstar Chef(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Gutsy(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Superspreader (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer

  • Elon Musk's Crash Course (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer

  • The Murdochs: Empire of Influence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Bake It 'Til You Make It(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Joy Ride(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Controlling Britney Spears (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Move Fast & Vape Things (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Boeing's Fatal Flaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Who Gets To Be an Influencer? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • 9/11: Four Flights(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Chef Boot Camp(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Fiasco(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Rise and Fall: The World Trade Center(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Teenager Who Hacked Twitter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Executive Producer

  • Hurricane of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Executive Producer

  • Dominic Fike, At First (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Executive Producer

  • The New York Times Presents(2020)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • They Get Brave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Executive Producer

  • Slow Burn(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • (Un)Well(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • True Life: Crime(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • 9/11: Inside Air Force One(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Weekly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 30 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Accident, Suicide or Murder(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Biography: JFK Jr. The Final Year(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Biography: The Trump Dynasty(2019)

    Show Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • The Secret History of Air Force One(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Zoo: San Diego(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Tricky Dick(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • David Cassidy: The Last Session(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Out of Gitmo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Executive Producer

  • Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time(2017)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • First Family of Hip Hop(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hair Goddess(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special(2017)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Road to 9/11(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Murder of Laci Peterson(2017)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • America’s 9/11 Flag: Rise From the Ashes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • 15 Septembers Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Ride with Norman Reedus(2016)

    Show 37 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • TruInside: Election (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • Mexico Life(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Internet Ruined My Life(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • Donny!(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • Uncorked(2015)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Search for the Lost Giants(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Brad Meltzer's Lost History(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows

  • Human Resources(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Bible Rules(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Inside the American Mob(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Miami Monkey(2013)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Small Town Security(2012)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows

  • United Stats of America(2012)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Mob Wives(2011)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Portraits from Ground Zero(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • 9 by Design(2010)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Jefferson(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Fashion Show(2009)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all shows

  • Einstein(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane(2007)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows

  • This American Life(2007)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Beautiful Plastic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director

  • Guided By Voices: Watch Me Jumpstart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Director · Producer

  • Broken Horses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

Career shape

A full career of 40 titles, 39 of them dated from 1998 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022)

$335K worldwide

Highest rated

Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (2022)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Ride with Norman Reedus (2016)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 40: 2 only directing, 1 with another roleProducing38 of 40: 37 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s1 · crew2010s9 · crew2020s28 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

4 major nominations and no wins, 2009–2022.

  1. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
  2. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
  3. 2010
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
  4. 2009
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Banks Tarver's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 17; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th15

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 55 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive9
  • Cult Classic6
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed23

Most divisive · producer

Miami Monkey (2013)

99th percentile spread · 48% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

The Zoo: San Diego (2019)

Midcredits 98th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 63/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Banks Tarver work with?

People who share at least 2 of Banks Tarver's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ken Druckerman shares the most, 54.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

  • Jeremy Gould15 titles    See newest 12 of 15 shared titles with Jeremy Gould
  • Kevin Bluhm8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Kevin Bluhm
  • Marlon Singleton7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Marlon Singleton
  • Geoff O'Brien6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Geoff O'Brien

Producers

  • Ken Druckerman54 titles    See newest 12 of 54 shared titles with Ken Druckerman
  • Kevin Vargas41 titles    See newest 12 of 41 shared titles with Kevin Vargas
  • Anneka Jones20 titles    See newest 12 of 20 shared titles with Anneka Jones
  • Michael Mezaros19 titles    See newest 12 of 19 shared titles with Michael Mezaros

Mixed roles