Template:Multiple issuesWayne (Kyle) Spitzer (born July 15, 1966) is an American author and low-budget horror filmmaker [1] from Spokane, Washington. He is the writer/director of the short horror film, Shadows in the Garden[2], as well as the author of Flashback [3], an SF/horror novel published in 1993. Spitzer's non-genre writing has appeared in subTerrain Magazine as "Strong Words for a Polite Nation" [4],[5], [6], [7], and Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History [8].Spitzer was highly active in Spokane's underground filmmaking scene from 1994 – 2005. [9]. Notable projects include Dead of Night [10], a Spokane area (cable TV) broadcast venture(as well as Don't Look Up), and a feature-length compilation, Monstersdotcom, including Shadows in the Garden [11] and Last Stop Station [12].Spitzer has taught creative writing at Corbin Art Center [13] and Airway Heights Corrections Center [14]. He currently lives and works in Seattle, Washington.
So determined were Wayne Spitzer and Andy Kumpon to raise awareness of their cable and lease-access television program (Dead of Night) in the early 1990s, they took to standing on street corners with a selection of trademark props and holding signs over their heads. The signs read: "Will Make Sci-Fi TV For Food -- or Equipment." It worked: the stunt resulted in a major newspaper article, which attracted an investor.
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For years, he barreled around his hometown of Spokane, Washington in a customized, black, horror-themed Toyota Celica GT, a vehicle he referred to as his "art project." It had a serrated, chrome-edged bat-fin which ran up the middle of its hood, port windows tinted with alien faces, and the name, "Wobblin' Goblin," displayed in its rear window. Kids loved it.