Craig Zobel

Roger Craig Zobel is an American filmmaker and actor, whose work includes music videos, film and television.

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. 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).

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.

Zobel has directed, written, and produced several films, including Great World of Sound and Compliance. In August 2019, the release of his horror thriller film The Hunt, set for September 27, 2019, was cancelled by distributor Universal in response to the 2019 El Paso shooting. However, it was re-scheduled and released on March 13, 2020.