Wyndham Wise is a Canadian film historian, critic and publisher. He founded and edited Take One: Film & Television in Canada , a Canadian magazine, which published from 1992 to 2006. Wise taught film studies at Algoma University (1985 & 1988) and York University

York University

York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

 (1987–88), and media writing and film studies at Sheridan College

Sheridan College

Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with approximately 15,000 full time students and 35,000 continuing education students...

 (1989–93). Wise served as the last Toronto reporter for Cinema Canada

Cinema Canada

Cinema Canada is a defunct Canadian film magazine, which served as the trade journal of record for the Canadian film and television sector. The magazine had its origins in the Canadian Society of Cinematographers , which began publishing a bi-monthly newsletter under the name Canadian...

magazine (1988–89) and launched POV

POV

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magazine in 1990 for the Canadian Independent Film Caucus (now the Documentary Organization of Canada

Documentary Organization of Canada

The Documentary Organization of Canada is a non-profit organization representing the interests of independent documentary filmmakers in Canada...

). In 1997 he founded the Toronto Film Critics Association

Toronto Film Critics Association

The Toronto Film Critics Association is an organization of film reviewers from Toronto-based publications. As of 1999, the TFCA is member of FIPRESCI.-History:...

, and launched Canadian Screenwriter for the Writers Guild of Canada

Writers Guild of Canada

The Writers Guild of Canada represents more than 1,800 professional writers working in film, television, radio, and multimedia production in Canada...

 in 1998. From 2008–11 he was the editor of Canadian Cinematographer. His web page is www.wyndhamsfilmguide.ca.

In 2001, Wise edited Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Cinema, published by the University of Toronto Press

University of Toronto Press

University of Toronto Press is Canada's leading scholarly publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America. Founded in 1901, UTP has published over 6,500 books, with well over 3,500 of these still in print....

, a history of Canadian film.