Craig Zobel
Roger Craig Zobel is an American filmmaker and actor whose work includes music videos, film, and television. He has directed the films "Compliance" (2012), "Z for Zachariah" (2015), and "The Hunt" (2020). On TV he has directed episodes of "The Leftovers", "American Gods", and "Westworld". In 2021, he directed the miniseries "Mare of Easttown" on HBO. Early life. Zobel was born in New York and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, later studying film at the North Carolina School of the Arts alongside David Gordon Green and other future collaborators. He is of Jewish background. Career. After graduation, Zobel  worked on Green's first three films — "George Washington" (2000), "All the Real Girls", (2003) and "Undertow" (2003), as either co-producer, production manager or second unit director. He also directed "The Hunt" (2020). More recently, he reupped his deal with HBO, which was served for three more years. Section::::"Homestar Runner". "Homestar Runner" is a Flash animated internet cartoon which mixes surreal humor with references to pop culture. Zobel co-created the initial concept and some characters for a book with Mike Chapman using the name "Homestar Runner", coined by their mutual friend James Huggins, which later went on to  become the flash animated cartoon by Mike and Matt Chapman. On a day off while Zobel and Chapman were working summer jobs surrounding the 1996 Summer Olympics, a visit to a bookstore prompted them to parody the state of children's books, leading to the creation of the cartoon. Film career. Zobel has directed, written, and produced several films, including "Great World of Sound" and "Compliance". In August 2019, the release of Zobel's horror thriller film "The Hunt" was postponed by distributor Universal in response to the 2019 El Paso shooting, with the studio cancelling the film's original  September 27, 2019, date, and moving it to March 13, 2020.