Steve Ryfle is a former Los Angeles Times reporter. His journalism, criticism, and writing have been published in Cineaste, the Virginia Quarterly Review, Criterion Current, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, and many other publications. He is coauthor, with Ed Godziszewski, of Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, From Godzilla to Kurosawa (Wesleyan University Press) and the forthcoming book Godzilla – The First 70 Years: The Official Illustrated History (Abrams Books). He has written, produced, and narrated many audio commentaries and other materials for home video releases. He cowrote, with Joal Ryan, the NY Emmy-winning feature documentary Miracle on 42nd Street (2018).Steve Ryfle氏は元ロサンゼルス・タイムズの記者であり、その記事や批評、エッセイは Cineaste、Virginia Quarterly Review、Criterion Current、San Francisco Chronicle、Chicago Tribune など、多くの媒体に掲載された。Ed Godziszewski 氏との共著により、『Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, From Godzilla to Kurosawa』（Wesleyan University Press） を執筆し、さらに 『Godzilla – The First 70 Years: The Official Illustrated History』（Abrams Books） の刊行を控えている。また、ホームビデオ作品のために数多くのオーディオコメンタリーや特典映像の執筆、制作、ナレーションを手がけており、Joal Ryan 氏との共同脚本によるドキュメンタリー映画『Miracle on 42nd Street』（2018） では、NYエミー賞を受賞している。
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