Alexis Nolent
Encyclopedia
Alexis Nolent is a French
writer. He writes scripts for videogames and has also written a novel and, under the Matz pen-name, a number of comics.
He has written The Killer (Le Tueur) and Cyclops (Cyclopes) both of which have been optioned for films, both produced by Alexandra Milchan, the former at Paramount
with director David Fincher
and the latter at Warner Brothers
by James Mangold
. The Killer is his first to be published in English and is published by Archaia Studios Press
, who are dividing each of volumes into two parts and releasing in American comic book format bi-monthly. The first four issues were collected as a hardcover volume, which won IGN
's Best Indy Book of 2007 Award, Newsarama
's Best of '07 gave it the "Best Comic You Didn’t Read This Year" award and Entertainment Weekly
named it #2 in a list of Best comics of 2007.
Other work includes Headshot (Du plomb dans la tête) with Colin Wilson
, Shandy with Dominique Bertail and an upcoming adaptation of Jim Thompson
's novel Savage Night
with artist Miles Hyman.
The Killer has been optioned for a film as has Headshot.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
writer. He writes scripts for videogames and has also written a novel and, under the Matz pen-name, a number of comics.
Biography
He was born in Rouen (France) and grew up in the Caribbean before moving to Paris.He has written The Killer (Le Tueur) and Cyclops (Cyclopes) both of which have been optioned for films, both produced by Alexandra Milchan, the former at Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
with director David Fincher
David Fincher
David Andrew Leo Fincher is an American film and music video director. Known for his dark and stylish thrillers, such as Seven , The Game , Fight Club , Panic Room , and Zodiac , Fincher received Academy Award nominations for Best Director for his 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and...
and the latter at Warner Brothers
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
by James Mangold
James Mangold
James Allen Mangold is an American film director and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for Walk the Line which he co-wrote and directed.-Life and career:...
. The Killer is his first to be published in English and is published by Archaia Studios Press
Archaia Studios Press
Archaia Entertainment, LLC is an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002.-History:Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic Artesia because the publisher, Sirius Entertainment, wanted to print the third series in black and white...
, who are dividing each of volumes into two parts and releasing in American comic book format bi-monthly. The first four issues were collected as a hardcover volume, which won IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
's Best Indy Book of 2007 Award, Newsarama
Newsarama
Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
's Best of '07 gave it the "Best Comic You Didn’t Read This Year" award and Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
named it #2 in a list of Best comics of 2007.
Other work includes Headshot (Du plomb dans la tête) with Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson (comics)
Colin Wilson is a comic book artist, born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 31 October 1949.He is known for his detailed artwork which he uses in 2000 AD stories like Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd. According to Andy Diggle, the 2000 AD editor who got him back to the title in the late nineties and has...
, Shandy with Dominique Bertail and an upcoming adaptation of Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson (writer)
James Myers Thompson was an American author and screenwriter, known for his pulp crime fiction....
's novel Savage Night
Savage Night
Savage Night is a 1953 novel by the thriller writer Jim Thompson.-Plot summary:The action is narrated by Charles Bigger, who spends most of the novel operating under the alias Carl Bigelow. Bigger has been sent by a mob boss, known simply as The Man, to the small town of Peardale, New York...
with artist Miles Hyman.
The Killer has been optioned for a film as has Headshot.
Awards
- 20042004 in comics-February:*February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA will develop a new generation of fighting video games pitting Marvel superheroes against a new, original set of EA heroes....
: Won Best Story, Prix Saint-MichelPrix Saint-MichelThe Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and are the second oldest comics award in Europe still presented, behind the Adamson Awards...
, for Du plomb dans la tête
- 20062006 in comics-January:*January 1, 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons. *January 2, 2006: The Cincinnati Enquirer cartoonist Jim Borgman starts a blog to detail his creative process...
:- Won Best Comic (French language), Prix Saint-MichelPrix Saint-MichelThe Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and are the second oldest comics award in Europe still presented, behind the Adamson Awards...
, for Shandy 2: Le dragon d'Austerlitz - Nominated for Best artwork, Prix Saint-MichelPrix Saint-MichelThe Prix Saint-Michel is a series of comic awards presented by the city of Brussels, with a focus on Franco-Belgian comics. They were first awarded in 1971, and are the second oldest comics award in Europe still presented, behind the Adamson Awards...
, for Shandy 2: Le dragon d'Austerlitz
- Won Best Comic (French language), Prix Saint-Michel
- 20072007 in comics-January:*January 10: Superman & Batman vs. Aliens & Predator released.*January 24: The Boys is canceled with issue #6.-February:*February 2: Newsarama reports that The Boys has been picked up by Dynamite Entertainment....
: Nominated for "Award for Favourite European Comics" Eagle Award, for The Killer.
- 20082008 in comics-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...
: Nominated for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material" Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
, for The Killer.
External links
Interviews
- Matz Narks on The Killer, Comicon, June 6, 2006