David Banks

About David

• Was constantly called "stupid" as a kid; was actually struggling with dyslexia and vowel deafness.
• Figured out he'd have to teach himself; picked up his mom's 8mm camera and felt "immediate gratification" when he'd print his images.
• Knew he didn't have the grades, funds to go to USC's film school; moved to Los Angeles anyway, would visit USC bookstore, buy the course books.
• Says he originally took the photos for himself; realized he needed outside perspective and went to an artist support group.
• Realized all artists had the same insecurities; he just had to stop worrying if other people were going to like his images.
• Says, "screw confidence; just do it," the more risk you take, the stronger your confidence grows.
• Realized high expectations lead to frustrations; instead, makes reachable goals for himself.
• One example of a reachable goal was "get a job in television," now has multiple Emmys from working his way up from there.