Dominique Mainon

Who is Dominique Mainon?

Dominique Mainon, was an American author, screenwriter and filmmaker living in Laguna Beach, California. She has written several books along with noted author and film historian James Ursini including Femme Fatale: Cinema's Most Unforgettable Lethal Ladies, Cinema of Obsession: Erotic Obsession and Love Gone and The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen, all published by Hal Leonard/Limelight Editions. She has contributed to other books such as Gangster Film Reader, edited by Alain Silver and James Ursini, and co-authored "Mae West" which is part of the Taschen Movie Icons Series edited by Paul Duncan.

Mainon was also noted as a transhumanist and futurist. Speaking on a radio interview with Dr. James Hughes, the Executive Director The Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies and author of Citizen Cyborg, Mainon revealed that one of her latest books in progress was an extensive study and reference about the changing role of androids, robots and cyborgs in cinema and pop-culture. She was also completing Suburban Apocalypse: The Debasement of the American Dream in Cinema, a book co-written by Scott Tapio.