ROBERT FALCONER
Founder / Executive Editor
Based in Vancouver, BC, Robert graduated from the University of Victoria (UVIC) with a multidisciplinary degree in Liberal Arts. He works as a professional writer specializing in media & corporate communications, entertainment journalism, and various aspects of visual and creative arts.
A knowledgeable disciple of film & television, Robert has written numerous entertainment industry features and interviewed many Hollywood luminaries. Beyond functioning as Senior Editor for the now-defunct HollywoodNorthReport.com between 2004 to 2007, his writings have appeared in several magazines, from Script and Dreamwatch to Hollywood North and Nikon Owner.
For two years Robert served as the “Hollywood North” columnist for the Vancouver Metro Daily newspaper, simultaneously appearing on Vancouver’s most popular AM radio station, providing updates on the city’s extensive film & television industry.
He has a background in storytelling and screenwriting and thus grasps the inner workings of the entertainment industry. Described by Toronto’s Characters Agency as “one of the best new writers in Canada,” Robert has written several television scripts, and over the years been invited to pitch story concepts to series such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and First Wave.
When not shackled to his computer, Robert is also an agency-repped voice artist, lending his vocal talents to commercials, narration, animation and video games.
Email: robert@cinemaspy.com
BLAINE KYLLO
Deputy Editor / Remote View Columnist
Blaine Kyllo is a pop culture critic and columnist who has written on books, comics, movies, music, technology, television and video games for such publications as Geist Magazine, the Globe & Mail, mytelus.com, The Ottawa Gazette, The Vancouver Sun, and The Tyee.
He is also the video game critic for Vancouver’s Georgia Straight and Calgary’s FFWD Weekly.
Formerly, Kyllo was managing editor at Arsenal Pulp Press, one of Canada’s leading independent book publishers known for its acclaimed pop culture, cultural studies, visual art, and literary titles.
For a time, he was forced into hiding after writing that Peter Jackson, in adapting “The Lord of the Rings”, had become the editor that J.R.R. Tolkien needed, but never had.
Under the clever pseudonym, I.B. McIntosh, he authored a book on Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, entitled “Microman: What Life Might Be Like If You Were Bill Gates”.
Kyllo’s work blog is the Mind Control Division, a branch of Solo Corps.
He lives in Vancouver.
Email: blaine@cinemaspy.com
MICHAEL SIMPSON
Associate Editor
Michael grew up in Britain writing comics and short stories and became a TV and film fan at an early age. He got hooked on science fiction in the 1970s, the films of John Carpenter and Walter Hill in the 1980s, The X-Files and Due South in the 1990s, and movies by Peter Jackson (especially the one with the giant ape) in the new millennium.
Michael received his first writing credit in the 1980s with the British science fiction media magazine Starburst. He moved to Canada in 2001 to study for his doctorate. In addition to entertainment, Michael has had articles published on a variety of topics, including natural history, environmental issues, computing and bioethics. He now writes for CinemaSpy, occasionally contributes articles to the Blogger News Network and is always on the lookout for interesting writing assignments. Michael’s other wordsmithing credits can be found at www.wordsrmagic2me.com.
Michael has written news, reviews and feature stories for several entertainment news sites, and has had the good fortune to interview a number of interesting people. In addition to covering mainstream productions, he is committed to promoting independent film & television and keeping alive the fantastic classics he loved when he was a child.
Michael hangs his newly acquired Stetson in Calgary.
Email: michael@cinemaspy.com
DAYNA GROSS
Film Critic / Correspondent
Originally from the wilds of suburban Colorado, Dayna Gross found her way to New York via New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Since her graduation, she’s worked in the theater, radio, film and television worlds, including stints with New York’s famed Public Theater, the syndicated radio show, Little Steven’s Underground Garage, and as Director of Development for the independent film company, Haft Entertainment. Currently, she’s an Associate Producer at Lifetime Television where she’s watched over 300 Lifetime movies and has survived to tell the tale.
As a writer, Dayna’s works have been seen in many New York venues, including a sold-out run of her play, “Sextuple Indemnity” at the 2003 New York Fringe Festival, and she has several screenplays in development.
She also reviews films and conducts celebrity interviews that can be found on the Lifetime website.
In her spare time, Dayna serves as a walking pop culture encyclopedia and enjoys sharing her opinions with others at daynabase.blogdrive.com.
Email: dayna@cinemaspy.com
Tasha Huo
Film Critic / Correspondent
Tasha grew up in Orange County, California, wherein she witnessed none of the drama of the famed TV show. She received her Bachelor’s in
English/Creative Writing and History from Mills College and an MFA in Screenwriting from Boston University.
Afterwards, she made the choice to brave Hollywood, where she worked in film development and as an assistant for Thomas Schlamme on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
After the show’s cancellation, Tasha moved to Boston to focus on her writing. Working at a teen literary magazine, she spent every spare moment writing her screenplays and fiction, before returning to Los Angeles in 2009 and eventually taking a new position as an assistant to a Creative Executive at NBC/Universal.
Tasha has sold one screenplay so far, and is a two-time semi-finalist in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowship.
Email: tasha@cinemaspy.com
Karl Rozemeyer
Contributing Writer
Karl Rozemeyer is a freelance syndicated columnist, journalist and photographer who has worked as the international editor for Premiere magazines in New York and as the Director of Photography for Hachette Filipacchi magazines in Prague.
He is currently a columnist for the New York Times Syndicate, where he writes a weekly feature called “Weekend at the Movies”.
He has also written cover stories, features and articles for several international magazines including ELLE Japan, Total Film in the UK, Fotogramas in Spain and FilmInk in Australia.
Karl was born in Zimbabwe and educated in Cape Town, South Africa.
Email: karl@cinemaspy.com
Phil Guie
Contributing Writer
Phil Guie is a freelance writer currently living in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from New York University, he worked as a reporter and editor covering local news and politics. Phil once started a newspaper section called Celluloid, which featured film reviews and interviews with directors including Dito Montiel and Ramin Bahrani. Among his other proud accomplishments is covering an entire season of the Gotham Girls roller derby league.
Phil has had articles published in a number of magazines, newspapers, and websites. At present, he can be found contributing reviews of comics and movies to Manga Recon, where he has learned more about yaoi than he ever expected to.
In addition to movies, Phil is an avid superhero comics reader. He likes Marvel just fine, but considers himself a DC man and doesn’t care what anybody thinks about that.
Email: phil@cinemaspy.com
Eric Chu
Contributing Writer / Illustrator
Eric is best known as a designer and illustrator who worked on Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica, after which he earned the title “The Cylon God” for redesigning many of the iconic elements for the show, including the Galactica, Cylon Centurions, Cylon Raiders and Cylon Basestars.
After collaborating with JPL’s Dr. Kevin Grazier (science advisor for Battlestar Galactica) on CinemaSpy’s prominent ‘Battlestar Galactica Tech Blog’, Eric has made several appearances at conventions, detailing his experiences on the show and how the designs were ultimately realized.
He has worked on movies, television programs and commercials in various capacities, mainly from his Vancouver studio (Paranoid Delusions Inc.) or in Asia. His work encompasses designs, storyboards, animation and sculpture.
Currently, Eric is in development on a feature film and potential television series property, which he is also slated to produce and direct.
His popular ‘Drawing on Imagination’ column for CinemaSpy has presented speculative concept art for several anticipated feature film properties, including another ‘Battlestar Galactica’ movie, Ridley Scott’s ‘The Forever War’, Matthew Gratzner’s U.F.O. and ‘Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’.
Email: eric@cinemaspy.com
Kimber Myers
Contributing Writer
Growing up in the sports-obsessed town of Columbus, Ohio gave the nonathletic Kimber Myers two options for entertainment: movies and books. When not devouring Nancy Drew mysteries and wishing for strawberry blond hair, she was watching films with her equally cinephilic grandmother who showed her that Judy Garland was more than just Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
At the picturesque — but confusingly named — Miami University of Ohio, Kimber tried most of the English majors before choosing Literature with a minor in Film Studies. Her spare time was devoted to the school’s entertainment newspaper, The Miami Student Amusement, where she rose from writer to film editor to editor. She is proud to have been the only member of the college town’s Cary Grant club who wasn’t eligible for a senior discount.
Post-college life brought the inevitable move to New York City, where Kimber worked in book publishing before finding a job as a film, TV, and DVD writer/editor at Muze, Inc. She has written everything from a reverent but brief biography of Terry Gilliam to a description of a Girls Gone Wild DVD, which she promises her mother she didn’t watch.
Email: kimber@cinemaspy.com
