David Spaner

David Spaner has been a feature writer, movie critic, reporter, and editor for newspapers and magazines. Born in Toronto, raised in BC, David is a graduate of Simon Fraser University. He was a cultural/ political organizer (Yippie and manager of the legendary punk band The Subhumans). He is the author of Dreaming in the Rain: How Vancouver Became Hollywood North By Northwest and Shoot It! Hollywood Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film. His most recent book, Solidarity: Canada's Unknown...See more

David Spaner has been a feature writer, movie critic, reporter, and editor for newspapers and magazines. Born in Toronto, raised in BC, David is a graduate of Simon Fraser University. He was a cultural/ political organizer (Yippie and manager of the legendary punk band The Subhumans). He is the author of Dreaming in the Rain: How Vancouver Became Hollywood North By Northwest and Shoot It! Hollywood Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film. His most recent book, Solidarity: Canada's Unknown Revolution of 1983, was nominated for the George Ryga Prize for Social Awareness in Literature. See less