C. Courtney Joyner

C. Courtney Joyner
Occupation	Author, Director, Journalist

C. Coutney Joyner is an American author, film script writer, director and an occasional actor. He is also the cousin of actress Allison Mackie.

Author

Among the books he has written are Shotgun a western set in the 1880s,^[1] Six Guns and Sleigh Bells and Two Bit Kill. He is a regular column writer for True West Magazine and he regularly contributes to The Round-up, a Western Writers of America’s monthly magazine. He has twice been nominated for the Peacemaker for Best Short Story.^[2] At one of the Western Writers of America conferences, chairman Paul Andrew Hutton and Johnny Boggs presented Joyner with an award for "Outstanding Service to Western Writers of America".^[3]

Bibliography

• The Westerners: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Writers (2009)^[4]
• Hell Comes To Hollywood: An Anthology of Short Horror Fiction Set in Tinseltown (2012, contributor)
• The Peacemakers, volume 3 (2013, contributor)
• Peacemakers, volume 4 (2013, contributor)
• Shotgun (2013)

Filmography

Audio commentary

• Grand Duel (2013, Blue Underground)^[5][6]
• The Big Gundown (2013, Blu-ray)^[7]
• Compañeros (2014 Blu-ray)
• Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXX (2014 for the "making of" feature for The Black Scorpion)^[8]

As actor

• Murphy's Law (1986, as Bar Patron)
• The Flesh Merchant (1993, as Chick)
• Iron Thunder (1998, as Mark)
• Dead Time Tales (1998, as 3rd DiCaprio Hitman)
• A Friendly Game of Cutthroats (1998, as Mr. Kester)
• Scream Queen (2002, as Detective Hammer)
• Decadent Evil (2005, uncredited)
• Cry of the Mummy (2004, as Lab Tech #2)

As writer

• The Offspring (1987)
• Prison (1988, screenplay)^[9][10]
• Vietnam, Texas (1990)
• Class of 1999 (1990)^[11]
• Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)^[12]
• Doctor Mordrid (1992, screenplay)
• Trancers III (1992, screenplay)
• Distant Cousins (1993, screenplay and story)
• The Lurking Fear (1994)
• Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge (1995, video game script)
• Public Enemies (1996)
• Veronica 2030 (1999, teleplay)
• Devil's Prey (2001, screenplay)
• Instinct to Kill (2001)
• Nautilus (2000)
• Guilty as Charged (2000)
• Trancers 6 (2002, as Gene Yarbrough)
• Full Moon Fright Night (2002)
• Mega Scorpions (2003, as Gene Yarbrough)
• Lady Jayne: Killer (2003, screenplay)
• Stealing Candy (2003, screenplay)
• White Rush (2003)
• Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003, additional material, as Gene Yarbrough)
• Tomb of Terror (2004, segments Lurking Fear, 2, Infinite Evil)
• Slammed (2004)
• Puppet Master vs Demonic Toys (2004, as Courtney Joyner)

References

1. Pagosa Daily Post LIBRARY NEWS: Summer Reading Program Party Tomorrow
2. Kensington Publishing Corp About: C. Courtney Joyner
3. Western Boutique and Cultural Center Meet Author C. Courtney Joyner
4. Maltin, Leonard. "Year End Film Book Survey - 2009 Part 2". IndieWire. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
5. Burger, Mark. "[VIDEO VAULT]". Yes! Weekly. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
6. Francisco, Chuck. "The Grand Duel DVD Review". Mania.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
7. Erickson, Glenn. "The Big Gundown (review)". DVD Talk. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
8. Tyner, Adam. "Mystery Science Theater 3000: XXX". DVD Talk. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
9. Botelho, Derek. "Review: Prison (Blu-ray)". Daily Dead. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
10. "Prison (review)". Dread Central. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
11. Turek, Ryan. "Summer Shocks 1990: Class of 1999". STYD. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
12. White, Julian. "DVD Review: PUPPET MASTER III - TOULON'S REVENGE". Starburst Magazine. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

External links

• Official website
• C. Courtney Joyner at the Internet Movie Database