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EDUCATION & TRAINING

PhD  Drama :                          University of Toronto , 1999

Thesis Topic:                          "A Critical Exploration of Cross-Dressing and Drama in

                                                  GenderPerformance and Camp in Contemporary North American Drama and Film"

MA Drama:                              University of Toronto

BA English:                             McGill University , Montreal

Communications:                   Concordia University , Montreal

French Culture:                       Sorbonne, Paris, France

Directing Workshops: Trinity Square Video, Richard Rose - Graduate Centre for Study of Drama

Areas of Specialization:  Film, Television, Popular Culture, Theatre, Gender Studies

 PUBLICATIONS:

"Inception: The Real" August 1, 2010. Available at: http://www.liveforfilms.com/2010/08/01/inception-the-real-by-romy-shiller-2/

"Predators or Get Him." July 16, 2010. Available at:  http://www.liveforfilms.com/2010/07/16/predators-or-get-him-by-romy-shiller/

 "Opposition"  December 1, 2009. Available at:  http://www.shebytches.com/romyshillerdec12009.html

"Crush and Some Dualities" October 26, 2009. Available at: http://www.shebytches.com/romyshilleroct262009.html

"Virginity." September 28, 2009.  Available at: http://www.shebytches.com/romyshillersept282009.html

"Big Bother." August 31, 2009. Available at: http://www.shebytches.com/romyshilleraug312009.html 

"Double Standard?"  July 27, 2009. Available at: http://www.shebytches.com/romyshillerjuly272009.html

"POP goes the TEEN‏." June 29,2009. Available at: http://www.shebytches.com/romyshillerjune2009.html

"People seem to abhor ‘difference.' May 25, 2009. Available at : http://www.shebytches.com/romyshillermay252009.html

"Ogre-Drag". April  27, 2009. Available at : http://www.shebytches.com/romyshillerapr262009.html

“Why Queer as Folk is Making Women …” Fab Magazine,  Number 213,  April 23, 2003,  12-17.

“I Should Have Smelled Him, Obviously,” Fab Magazine, Number 195, August 1-14, 2002, 118-120.

“Drag King Invasion: Taking Back the Throne,” Canadian Theatre Review, Spring 1996, Number 86, pp. 24-8.

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION and JOURNALISTIC ACTIVITY:

Much Music, City TV, The Women's Television Network, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, The National Post, XTRA!, CHIN Radio, CIUT Radio, CKLN Radio, CBC News.          

Selected Professional Association Papers:

Popular Culture Association Conference, New Orleans : "Hybrids, Species and Cyborgs: Entangled Identities in Hollywood Cinema."

Popular Culture Association Conference, Los Vegas:  "The Emperor's New Clothes: Kingly Drag Reigns on Gender's Parade."

Society for Cinema Studies Conference, New York City : "Leather, Feathers and Fur: Cross-Species-Dressing in Batman Returns."

Festival of Original Theatre, Toronto, Ontario : "Post Plaster: Cracking k.d. lang's Mask", "Twisted Tongues: (En)Gendered Language in Women's Theatre."

2009

Author

"Again" ISBN: 978-1-4251-8481-0

Trafford Publishing.

2008

Author

“You Never Know.” ISBN: 978-1-4251-3691-8.

Trafford Publishing.

2003

Communication Director

Max The Mutt Animation School .

2002

Actor

YTV “System Crash.” Samantha’s mom Catherine Biggs. Television Series - recurring role.

2001                       

Romy’s Reader’s Reports

Freelance Script Coverage and Professional Consultation for Script Development.

2000 – 2001           

Greenlight Film & Television (GFT) Entertainment, Toronto

Development : Script Coverage

Reader’s Reports included, location, setting, genre, budget estimate, log line, concept, character breakdown, synopsis, commentary, final evaluation chart/summary.

GFT Business Affairs for Inter-Provincial and International Co-Production Treaty Films

Responsibilities included: Organizing Chain of Title, Copyright (United States Copyright Search, Canadian Title Availability Search, United States Availability Search, Cdn/US Title Search, Script Research Report, Canadian Copyright Certificate of Registration, Library of Congress application for Registration of a Copyright: documents and related correspondence), OFDC requirements and applications, CAVCO requirements and applications, Distribution Agreements, Affidavits, Production Schedule, Crew Lists, Cast Lists. Familiarization with Articles of Incorporation, Budgets and Labour Projections, Financing Agreements, Co-Production Agreements, DCMS (UK/Canada Films Co-Production Agreement), SODEC ( Quebec ).

1999                       

Lecturer, University of Western Ontario , Film Studies

A term contract position to teach 'The Representation of Gender in Film' (Film 255E).

1994-1999

Actor

“The Eternal Husband.” Wendy. Film role.

Box Office Assistant

- Toronto International Film Festival.

Moderator, Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival 1996

"Guerilla Tactics II" Workshop: CD ROM Animation

-facilitated workshop/panel discussion featuring prominent international film/television and digital technology animators and producers (Nelvana, Digital Renaissance).

Researcher, Heather Reid & Associates

-conducted historical and contemporary research on the television viewing habits of Canadians across Canada for Roger's Cable Television: 40 Years of Cable

-created 'side-bar' materials for Roger's Cable press kits called "Myths and Realities"

Public Relations, Heather Reid & Associates

-press releases, media relations, press kits

-organized meetings, schedules, media briefings

-writer for material on the following accounts: ARC, Mbanx (Bank of Montreal),The Home Shopping Channel,

 The Steel Alliance , Clairol.

Host/MC - Urban ARTery, A&E Network Stage

-launching event for 'Toronto Arts Week' 1996 Queen's Quay, Harbourfront

-interviewed and introduced local ( Toronto ) artists.

Producer/Host, CKLN 88.1FM

-audience reach: 120,000 listeners

-interviewed artists, actors, singers, directors, authors, producers

-reviewed popular culture events, theatre, film, books

-researched, compiled and disseminated a list of current events.

Producer/Host, CIUT 89.5 FM – Special Hour

-produced and hosted a one hour segment for International Women's Day 1996 on Gender and Culture.

Host, CHIN FM – Café Express

-arts related interviews and guests.

Producer, Festival of Original Theatre: Academic/Arts Conference

-budget, hiring technical crew and production staff

-consultant for events scheduling, stage management, production requirements.                          

Steering Committee Member, Festival of Original Theatre

-implemented the interdisciplinary arts/conference festival theme "Crossing Borders, Bridging Communities"

-evaluated/developed prospective performance proposals and scripts

-consulted on all aspects of production and performance.

Producer, Summerworks Theatre Festival "My Head for Clearer Thinking"

-budget, fundraising, production staff, media relations.

Assistant Director: Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto

-assisted in the acclaimed theatrical production of My Mother's Courage. 

Stage Manager/Front of House Manager/Box Office

-various shows at Harbourfront, Robert Gill Theatre, Studio Theatre - Toronto

 Languages:                            English and French

Sunday, March 23, 2008

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Romy Shiller is a pop culture critic and holds a PhD in Drama from the University of Toronto. Her academic areas of concentration include film, gender performance, camp and critical thought.

Romy Shiller is a 3^rd Wave Feminist according to the book Third Wave Feminism and Television: Jane Puts it in a Box by the head of women's studies at South-Carolina U.

Books are available online. She lives in Montreal where she continues her writing.