A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant (2025)
Director: Bill Banowsky Run Time: 89 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2025
Starring: Patrick Oliphant
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
Patrick Oliphant was a giant slayer, bravely taking on presidents, popes and the American corporate class with his mighty pen. An Australian transplant, Oliphant became America’s most renowned and feared political cartoonist for five decades. With his biting wit and masterful drawing skills, Oliphant attacked individual and institutional corruption, collusion, greed, hypocrisy and arrogance, no matter the size or status of his targets.
About the filmmaker:
Bill Banowsky is an entrepreneur, filmmaker, and longtime executive in the independent and art-house film world. He founded Magnolia Pictures and later Violet Crown Cinemas (now rebranded in Santa Fe as Sky Cinemas), and has served as CEO of Landmark Theatres. He’s produced and executive produced documentary and narrative films, including Casino Jack and the United States of Money and Starving the Beast. Known for his passion for cinema culture, Banowsky combines business acumen with a commitment to film-exhibition, curation, and bringing diverse, challenging works to revealing audiences. He lives in Santa Fe with his wife, Susan.
See our upcoming films