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French writer Not to be confused with Yukihiro Matsumoto.For other uses, see Matz.
Alexis Nolent
Alexis Nolent (2024)
BornRouen, France
NationalityFrench
Area(s)Writer
Pseudonym(s)Matz
Notable works
AwardsPrix Saint-Michel:
Best Story (2004)
Best French Language Comic (2006)

Alexis Nolent (a.k.a. Matz) 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 Tete, 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 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 was optioned for a 2023 feature film adaptation, starring Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton.

Bibliography

Awards

References

  1. MATZ: Writer of The Killer, Jazma, October 31, 2006
  2. Warner aims for 'Headshot', Variety, October 14, 2008
  3. David Fincher interview Archived 2008-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, MTV, January 7, 2008
  4. WB, Mangold eye Nolent's 'Cyclops', Variety
  5. ^ "Archaia Studios Press profile for The Killer". Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  6. Best Indy Book Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, IGN
  7. Best Shots: Best of '07 Edition, Newsarama, December 30, 2007
  8. The Best Comics of 2007, Entertainment Weekly, Dec 18, 2007
  9. Making the Asssassin Tick Archived 2007-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Broken Frontiers, November 3, 2006
  10. Matz - A "Killer" Comic Writer, Comic Book Resources, April 12, 2007
  11. Benderspink options 'Starkweather', Variety, November 8, 2007
  12. Jean-Christophe Chauzy at Lambiek
  13. "Casterman profile for Peines perdues". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  14. ^ Luc Jacamon at Lambiek
  15. Casterman profile for Le Tueur
  16. Dominique Bertail at Lambiek
  17. "Casterman profile for Du plomb dans la tête". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  18. Casterman profile for Cyclopes
  19. "Snowpiercer Graphic Novel Reading Order Guide". 3 May 2020.
  20. 2008 Eisner Award Nominees Named Archived January 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (press release), Newsarama, April 14, 2008

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Interviews

Le Transperceneige / Snowpiercer
Graphic novels
Adaptations
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