C. Courtney Joyner
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C. Courtney Joyner

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C. Courtney Joyner is a screenwriter and director with over 25 produced movies to his credit, including the cult films PRISON starring Viggo Mortensen and directed by Renny Harlin, Mark Lester's CLASS OF 1999, THE OFFSPRING starring Vincent Price, and entries in both the PUPPETMASTER and TRANCERS series for Full Moon/Paramount. A graduate of USC - and a teenage extra in George Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD - Courtney's first movie was THE OFFSPRING starring the legendary Vincent Price. His work in television has included TV movies for CBS, (DISTANT COUSINS), the USA Network (BETRAYAL, GUILTY AS CHARGED), and Showtime (WHITE RUSH). For the SyFy Channel, he co-wrote all 13 episodes of the series, WILLIAM SHATNER'S FRIGHT NIGHT. His latest screenwriting work is COP WAR with Sheldon Lettich and a biography of the outlaw Belle Starr. As a film journalist, his articles have appeared in TRUE WEST, WILDEST WESTERNS, ROUND-UP, FANGORIA, FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, and others. He is the author of the very well-recieved THE WESTERNERS: INTERVIEWS WITH ACTORS, DIRECTORS AND WRITERS, and has made major contributions to non-fiction books such as LON CHANEY, JR, THE CINEMA OF H.P. LOVECRAFT, THE BOOK OF LISTS: HORROR, IT CAME FROM THE VIDEO AISLE, TRASH CINEMA, MOVIES FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, HIGH CONCEPT MOVIE MASSACRE, DUKE: WE'RE GLAD WE KNEW YOU, and EMPIRE OF THE B's. He has also been an on-cmaera historian and commentator on more than 50 dvd and blu-ray releases of western, horror, and science-fiction movies and TV shows, including, BROKEN ARROW, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THE THING, DOC, STAGECOACH, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, RUNAWAY TRAIN, THE MAD MAGICIAN, COUNT YORGA- VAMPIRE, RAWHIDE, THE CULPEPPER CATTLE CO, THE GRAND DUEL, COMPANEROS, HE WALKED BY NIGHT, T-MEN, GORGO, EDGE OF ETERNITY, REVENGE OF THE CREATURE, THE COMANCHEROS, THE BIG TRAIL, CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA, APACHE RIFLES, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THE BIG GUNDOWN, THE LONER, ANNIE OAKLEY, MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, and many, many more. He has appeared in the feature-length docs, OUT OF PRINT and the upcoming RAOUL WALSH: THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF HOLLYWOOD'S LEGENDARY DIRECTOR. Joyner is also the Co-Executive Producer of the feature-length documentary CELLULOID WIZARDS IN THE VIDEO WASTELAND, about the rise and fall of "B" move company Empire Pictures, that will be released in 2018. Joyner's novel-length western fiction includes creating the SHOTGUN series for Pinnacle books: SHOTGUN, SHOTGUN: THE BLEEDING GROUND, BUSHWHACKED: THE BLOODY SAGA OF JOHN "SHOTGUN" BISHOP, SHOTGUN: THESE VIOLENT TIMES, and the upcoming SHOTGUN: BULLET KISSED. He is also the author of the fantasy adventure NEMO RISING from Tor Books, which continues the story of Jules Verne's legendary characters, and was released on Dec. 25th, 2017. Joyner's short fictions can be found in the anthologies LAW OF THE GUN, BEAT TO A PULP, FISTFUL OF LEGENDS, THE TRADITIONAL WEST, SIX GUNS AND SLAY BELLS, HELL COMES TO HOLLYWOOD, and others. His story "Two Bit Kill" from LAW OF THE GUN was nominated for a Peacemaker Award by the Western Fictioneers as Best Short Story of 2010, while "Christmas for Evangeline" from SIX GUNS AND SLAY BELLS was nominated for the same award in 2013. In 2014, SHOTGUN was nominated for a Peacemaker as Best First Novel. Among other awards, Joyner has received the President's Award from The Western Writers of America. He is a member of The Horror Writers Association and The International Thriller Writers. Courtney lives in Los Angeles.
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