An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group’s webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in “Magill’s Cinema Annual,” “VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever” (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the “International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers,” and the “St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia” (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program “Critic LEE Speaking” alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of “The Detroit News.” He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dog.
Where to Find Mike
Top 10 Movies:
- Psycho
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- A Hard Day’s Night
- The Godfather, Part II
- Naked Lunch
- The Fly
- Star Wars
- Close Encounters of the Third
- Kind Bonnie and Clyde
- Elvis