Mike Wendt is an award-winning director, producer and location manager/scout. His current role is the Production Coordinator for the Greater Cleveland Film Commission. He has worked on such films as Captain America: The Winter Solider, Fate of the Furious, My Friend Dahmer, and most fittingly Robert Banks’ Paper Shadows. He directed his first feature length documentary The End Of The World As We Knew It about Cleveland’s former 107.9 The End radio station, which was a selection of the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival and the short film Goodbye, Ohio which played numerous film festivals. Mike was inspired to make this film after working with Robert in various capacities over the years and feels that the film is a dedication to underdog artists everywhere.

Rob Montague is an award winning director, editor and producer from Lakewood, Ohio. Rob's first feature directorial debut, Long Way to the Top has played at numerous film festivals including, Cleveland International Film Festival, NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (nominated for best documentary 2015) and also took home best rock doc at the Albuquerque Film Festival. Long Way to the Top is now available on RedBull TV for streaming, iTunes, Amazon, GooglePlay, Sony PSN and Xbox for purchase. Rob is also the co-founder of Late Morning Films, a small boutique production company based in Cleveland, OH.

Mick R. Jones is a filmmaker from Cleveland, Ohio who currently resides in Los Angeles. He is best known for his short films "Mike Has A Date" and "The Autumn Prince", which both premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival. Mick’s first mentor in the industry was none other than Robert Banks. He fostered Mick's love for the art of filmmaking and taught him to respect the technical process of creating a movie. With "Robert Banks: We'll Talk About That Later", he hopes to honor the life and legacy of a great artist whose work has so often been overlooked by mainstream audiences.

Shawna is Mike’s wife and has therefore has been present through countless hours of filming when she’d rather be when she’d rather be home with her cats (kidding!).  Shawna has 11 years of Television Production experience with Speed Channel and the Big Ten Network and brings a critical eye to her husband’s creative process.  She continues to work in video by creating promotional and instructional pieces for the gym she owns, and loves discussing the pros and cons of digital vs film with Robert!

Tiffany Laufer trained at The American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles and has directed actors such as FRED ARMISEN (Saturday Night Live); DAVE HILL (the Dave Hill Explosion) and JACK HOURIGAN (Food Network Co-host).

Her work as unit stills photographer saw her working on THE BRONZE with Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory), Sebastian Stan (Captain America: The First Avenger), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley); THE TANK with Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean), JENNY’S WEDDING featuring Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy), Tom Wilkenson (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls), Grace Gummer (the Newsroom) to name a few.

Presently, Tiffany is the Creative Lead in Photography & Video at The Jackson Laboratory. “Jax” was founded in 1929 as an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit biomedical research institution that seeks to decipher the biological and genomic causes of human disease.