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S. Craig Zahler (born January 23, 1973) is an American author, screenwriter, songwriter, musician, director and cinematographer. == Career == Zahler has written novels in various genres, including western, crime and science fiction, and these works have received support from major award-winning names in both genre literature and film, most notably, Walter Hill, Kurt Russell, Larry Niven, Joe R. Lansdale, and Jack Ketchum. His debut noir western novel, "A Congregation of Jackals" was nominated for The Spur Award by the Western Writers of America and ''The Peacekeeper'' by the Western Fictioneers. "Corpus Chrome, Inc.," "A Congregation of Jackals" and "Mean Business on North Ganson Street" all received starred reviews for excellence in Booklist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=S. Craig Zahler )〕 As a drummer, lyricist, and singer Zahler (as Czar) collaborates with his longtime friend and new music composer Jeff Herriott (as JH Halberd) to write and perform songs as the heavy metal band Realmbuilder, who have three albums on I Hate Records of Sweden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Realmbuilder )〕 This is following Zahler's foray into black metal with the project, Charnel Valley, where he played drums, wrote lyrics, and shared songwriting duties with Worm. The two Charnel Valley albums were released by Paragon Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charnel Valley )〕 Zahler also wrote the script for a 2011 horror film ''Asylum Blackout'' (also called "The Incident at Sans Asylum" and the ''The Incident''), which was then directed by Alexandre Courtès. In October 2014, Zahler wrapped production on his directorial debut, Bone Tomahawk, realizing an original screenplay that he wrote. The film stars Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons, David Arquette, and Fred Melamed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Movie News - Movie Reviews - Entertainment Weekly )〕 The film was released on October 23 in theaters and video on demand. Critical response was very positive from the press. "() witty fusion of western, horror and comedy that gallops to its own beat." —NY Times "Great dialogue, strong characters, and imaginative and memorable kills." —IGN.com "...Bone Tomahawk succeeds in demonstrating the voice of its massively talented creator." —Twitchfilm.com "A handsome Western with horror overtones." —Hollywood Reporter "A genre-smashing confluence of an oater and an eater, Bone Tomahawk is an absolute blast..." —birthmoviesdeath.com "There's a humming genre intelligence at work in the grim, witty horror-western Bone Tomahawk." LA Times "...a most violent delight" —Variety At the Sitges International Film Festival Bone Tomahawk won the critic's award for best picture, and Zahler was given the award for best director.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「S. Craig Zahler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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