Nic Pizzolatto
Nic Pizzolatto (born October 18, 1975 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American screenwriter , author and university professor .
Life
Nic Pizzolatto comes from a poor, Catholic and Italian-born working class family. When he was five, the family moved to Lake Charles , western Louisiana, where he graduated from high school . With the support of a scholarship, he was able to visit Louisiana State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) exam in English and philosophy. He then moved to Austin , Texas, and worked there in various professions. He attended the University of Arkansas , from which he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in 2005.
Pizzolatto's first publications were two short stories published in November 2004 in The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He published in 2006 and 2009, more short stories and taught until 2010 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , the University of Chicago and the DePauw University in Greencastle (Indiana) the subjects Fiction and literature. In 2010, after the publication of his novel Galveston , he moved with his wife and daughter to Ojai , California , where he has only devoted himself to writing ever since.
Pizzolatto became known as a screenwriter in 2011 for his work on the TV crime series The Killing , his breakthrough came in 2014 with the scripts for the HBO series True Detective , on which he also worked as a co-producer. True Detective's second season , featuring new actors and characters, aired on HBO on June 21, 2015 . In 2016 he was involved in the remake of The Magnificent Seven . In 2018 Galveston , the film adaptation of Pizzolatto's novel of the same name, which he wrote himself under the pseudonym Jim Hammett, was released. HBO has been broadcasting the third season of True Detective since 2019 .
Filmography
- 2011: The Killing (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2014–2019: True Detective (TV series, 24 episodes)
- 2016: The Magnificent Seven (The Magnificent Seven)
- 2018: Galveston ( Galveston , screenplay under the pen name Jim Hammett)
Publications
- Between Here and the Yellow sea: Stories . MacAdam / Cage, San Francisco, California. USA 2006, ISBN 978-1-596-92168-9 .
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Galveston: A Novel . Scribner, New York City, USA 2010, ISBN 978-1-439-16664-2 .
- German: Galveston . Walde + Graf at Metrolit, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-8493-0097-5 .
Prizes and awards
- 2010: Edgar Allan Poe Award (Edgar); Finalist with his novel Galveston
- 2011: Prix du premier roman étranger for Galveston
- 2015: Writers Guild of America Award , each in the Best Drama Series and Best New Series categories
- 2015: British Academy Television Award for Best International Program for True Detective
Web links
- The author's website (English)
- Nic Pizzolatto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ You are angry with the whole world in FAZ from June 20, 2015, page 18.
- ↑ Why 'True Detective' creator Nic Pizzolatto is credited on Mélanie Laurent's 'Galveston' under a pseudonym. Retrieved January 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Black days in the home of the white scum in FAZ from September 22, 2014, page 10.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pizzolatto, Nic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author, screenwriter and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th October 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana , United States |