RESUME : D.K. HOLM
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name:
Douglas K. Holm
address:
P O Box 4146
Portland, OR, 97208-4146
contact phone number:
(503) 234-7627
e-mail:
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KOTK, Big
Fat Radio show
Winter, 2004 I subbed for Kim Morgan on this show shortly
before it was cancelled.
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KBOO, Movie
Talk
2002 to the present
Co-host since 2002. With Ed Goldberg and Kerry Fall, I am one of the hosts of Movie Talk, on KBOO, 9 AM every other Wednesday. Duties include organizing and presenting material to appear on the air.
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MoviePoopShoot.com,
now QuickstopEntertainment.com
2002 to the present
Columnist. As a contributor to Kevin Smith's web site MoviePoopShoot, I write three columns, one on DVDs, one on new movie releases, and one on books. The skills required included organizing and presenting material for immediate consumption, planning future columns, using HTML coding to format the material, and some photo skills to provide images.
My three columns on DVDs, theatrical releases, and movie-related books.
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DVDTalk.com
2001 to 2002
Columnist For this movie review web site, I wrote a weekly movie review column, along with periodic DVD reviews. The skills required included organizing and presenting material for immediate consumption, planning future columns, using HTML coding to format the material, and some photo skills to provide images.
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The Portland Mercury
2001 to the present
Columnist and occasional reviewer. At the Mercury I was the theater reviewer for its first year, and since then have contributed various movie reviews and humor pieces. The skills required included organizing and presenting material for weekly publication and planning future columns.
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DVDJournal.com
2000 to the present
Contributor. For this web site, I write occasional DVD reviews (many of them linked from here). The skills required included organizing and presenting material for immediate consumption, planning future columns, using HTML coding to format the material, and some photo skills to provide images.
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MCTV
1999 to 2002
Film at Eleven co-host. For this weekly movie review TV show on cable access, I was co-producer and co-host. The program aired on MCTV's cable access channel 21. Duties and skills required were organizing and presenting material on the air, working with a team of volunteers, and planning future shows in a timely fashion.
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Cinemonkey.com
1999 to the present
Editor and contributor. As the founder, editor, and writer of Cinemonkey.com, a movie review website, which was founded in conjunction with the TV show Film at Eleven, I have a forum in which to share views on movies and books. The skills required included organizing and presenting material for immediate consumption, planning future columns, using HTML coding to format the material, blogging, and some photo skills to provide images.
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Powell's
Books
September
1995 to the present
Used Book Buyer, out of print department clerk, section head, temp "lake" labeler. Since working at Powell's beginning in the mid '90s I have worked in various departments. The skills required include working alone and on a team, certain computer skills, developing projects, and understanding book values and processing books.
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PDXS
newspaper
1995-1999
Movie
reviewer and columnist. For Jim
Redden's popular and controversial newspaper I was the lead movie reviewer and
columnist, covering both media criticism and books. While working there I had
to use WriteNow and Quark.
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Willamette
Week
April 1985 to
April 1995
Film columnist, calendar editor, special sections editor, substitute arts editor, and news editor. As a contributor to Willamette Week for 10 years I performed a wide variety of tasks. I had to organize long-term projects, lead a team of writers, meet weekly deadlines, assign stories and edit copy, select art, and write what was essentially often advertising copy. While at Willamette Week I used Macintosh computers (after a few years of Radio Shack Tandys).
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Cinemonkey magazine
1976-1979
Founder, publisher, and editor. With Carl Bennett and Charles Johnson, I conceived, designed, and edited this monthly serious film journal. The skills it required included working with prominent film writers and scholars from around the world.
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Billionaire Magazine A survey of films about Las Vegas for the June 2004 issue.
Independent magazine, for filmmakers: a review of Medium Cool on DVD and a profile of Portland as a filmmakers' town, 2000.
Creative Screenwriting, numerous book reviews from 1999 to the present, including an interview with screenwriter Mike Rich.
Portland Magazine A short-lived monthly about Portland, Oregon, to which I contributed interviews and reviews. 1999.
Mountain Living, 1996, an article on mountain
climbing in fiction films
The Review of Contemporary Fiction Four or five reviews in 1995.
Film Quarterly, a review of a John Huston book in the summer of 1994
New York Times Book Review, review of the novel At Sea, by Toby Olson, September 19, 1993
Plants Review of Books, 1992, review of Rick Reynolds's memoir.
Oregon magazine. Contributed book and movie reviews in 1988.
Pacific Northwest magazine. Contributed book and movie reviews in 1988.
Oregon Journal, 1981, three reviews of movies playing in the Portland International Film Festival (Peeping Tom, Autumn Marathon, The Old Memory)
The Oregonite, a
short-lived satirical newspaper, to which I contributed numerous articles and illustrations.
1974
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Independent
Cinema
Pocket
Essentials
Forthcoming
Bitch
Goddess: The Dominatrix in Pop Culture
Creation
Books, Forthcoming
Guy Maddin
Contemporary Film
Directors series, general editor James Naremore
University of
Illinois, forthcoming
A critical study and interview with the Canadian
filmmaker.
Film
Soleil
Pocket
Essentials, 2006
The first critical study of this neo-noir genre.
Kill Bill:
An Unofficial Casebook
Creation
Books, 2005
A shot by shot annotation to the movie.
Quentin
Tarantino
Pocket
Essentials, 2004
Robert
Crumb: Conversations
University of
Mississippi Press, spring 2004
An anthology of rare and difficult to find previously
published interviews with the cartoonist.
Robert
Crumb
Pocket
Essentials, 2003
The first critical study of the cartoonist R/ Crumb in
English.
Company
Town, novel, self-published, 1997
Originally serialized in PDXS, this is a satirical view of Portland and the film community.
Soon to be available on line via Lulu.com
Wild
Life: Unusual Oregon, editor
Mark Christiansen
Sasquatch Press,
1997
An eccentric guidebook to Oregon, to which I contributed numerous articles.
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From 1985 to 1995 articles I assigned or edited for Willamette Week won awards at the state's annual SPJ awards.
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"Life Line" for a friend who appeared on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, 2000
Secondary character in the film The Would Be Senators, directed by Cynthia Lopez, 2001
Silent figure in the filmed elements
of Miranda July's performance piece The Swan Tool, 2001
Talking head in Ben Ellis's film X-Ray Cafˇ, 1998
Model for a Pepe Jeans ad and commercial, which appeared in 1988, including Rolling Stone (issue number 530-531)
Read from the work of Philip Larkin, Thomas Hardy, Poe, and others at readings held in the Anne Hughes Coffee Room.
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UNIVERSITY OF
OREGON
1974-76
Majored
in film and English, helped run the film screenings for the film department's
film appreciation classes.
PORTLAND STATE
UNIVERSITY
1972-74
Majored in English. Served on the Portland State University Film Committee, selecting and booking movies and managing screenings, working with a team
DAVID DOUGLAS
HIGH SCHOOL
1967 - 1971
Served on the school newspaper, The Highlander, writing profiles, movie reviews, humor pieces, and providing photographs and political cartoons.
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More than three decades of experience as a professional writer, including experience as a magazine and newspaper editor. Proven ability to work with team members, and to co-ordinate large projects. Creative and imaginative problem solving with good interpersonal skills. Experience with Macintosh, Windows, OS X, and Word.
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Available upon request.