---
name: "Carol Banker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carol-banker"
fi1m_id: "carol-banker"
imdb_id: "nm0052059"
tmdb_id: 1224107
wikidata_id: "Q48853518"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:32:39.054395+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carol Banker

## Identity

Carol Banker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carol-banker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carol-banker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0052059
- **TMDB ID:** 1224107
- **Wikidata ID:** Q48853518
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48853518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224107

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Carol J. Banker, Carol Jean Banker
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 4 directing, 2 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Wendey Stanzler](https://film.one/person/wendey-stanzler.md), [Barbara Brown](https://film.one/person/barbara-brown.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [Elodie Keene](https://film.one/person/elodie-keene.md), [Jim Charleston](https://film.one/person/jim-charleston.md), [John Hyams](https://film.one/person/john-hyams.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md), [Kim Newton](https://film.one/person/kim-newton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (3), 2000s 67 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48853518, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224107

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84), [*Glee*](https://film.one/tv/glee.md) (68)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carol Banker is an American television director. She worked as a script supervisor on *The X-Files* (1998–2002) and directed the episode 'Kitten' in 2018. She had previously directed an episode of the short-lived spin-off *The Lone Gunmen*.

Banker has directed episodes of series including *The Vampire Diaries* (2017), *Gotham* (2019), *Titans* (2018–2021), *The Originals* (2018), *The Rookie* (2019), *Legacies* (2018), *Reacher* (2023–2024) and *Knuckles* (2024). She also served as a producer on *Titans*.

Earlier in her career she worked in script and continuity on films such as *Mallrats* (1995), *Dogma* (1999) and *Zack and Miri Make a Porno* (2008).

*Sources: imdb.com, x-files.fandom.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Directed (4) — the average rests on these

- *Glee* (2009), Fi1m 68, Director, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

### Crew (2)

- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Dogma* (1999), Fi1m 66, Script Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/dogma.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Knuckles* (2024), series, Director
- *Walker Independence* (2022), series, Director
- *Reacher* (2022), series, Director
- *Sweet Tooth* (2021), series, Director
- *Swamp Thing* (2019), series, Director
- *Doom Patrol* (2019), series, Director
- *Legacies* (2018), series, Director
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, Director
- *Titans* (2018), series, Director, Producer
- *Beyond* (2017), series, Director
- *Designated Survivor* (2016), series, Director
- *The Magicians* (2015), series, Director
- *Gotham* (2014), series, Director
- *The Originals* (2013), series, Director
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Glee* (2009), series, Director, Script Supervisor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Zack and Miri Make a Porno* (2008), Script Supervisor
- *Raising the Bar* (2008), series, Director
- *Californication* (2007), series, Script Supervisor — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Jersey Girl* (2004), Script Supervisor
- *The Lone Gunmen* (2001), series, Director
- *Dogma* (1999), Script Supervisor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/dogma.md)
- *The Apostle* (1997), Script Supervisor
- *I Shot a Man in Vegas* (1996), Second Unit Director
- *If These Walls Could Talk* (1996), Script Supervisor
- *Mallrats* (1995), as Security Guard · Script Supervisor
- *American Yakuza* (1993), Script Supervisor
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Carol · Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Critters 3* (1991), Art Department Coordinator

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