Alexis Nolent
French writer
Alexis Nolent (French: [alɛksi nɔlɑ̃]; born 1967) is a French writer. He writes scripts for video games and has also written a novel and, under the pen name Matz, a number of comics.
Life and career
Nolent was born in Rouen, France, and grew up in the Caribbean, before moving to Paris.
His graphic novel Du plomb dans la tête, AKA Headshot, was adapted into the 2012 film Bullet to the Head. He has written The Killer (Le Tueur) and Cyclops (Cyclopes) both of which have been optioned for films, also by producer Alexandra Milchan, the former at Netflix 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 was optioned for a 2023 feature film adaptation, starring Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton.
Awards
2004: Won Best Story, Prix Saint-Michel, for Du plomb dans la tête
2006:
Won Best Comic (French language), Prix Saint-Michel, for Shandy 2: Le dragon d'Austerlitz
Nominated for Best artwork, Prix Saint-Michel, for Shandy 2: Le dragon d'Austerlitz
2007: Nominated for "Award for Favourite European Comics" Eagle Award, for The Killer.
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