Nic Pizzolatto

Nic Pizzolatto was born in New Orleans and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He was educated at Louisiana State University and the University of Arkansas, where he received several awards for his writing. His work has been published in the Atlantic, Oxford American, Iowa Review, Missouri Review, and other magazines. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award, and his collection of stories Between Here and the Yellow Sea was named by Poets & Writers magazine as a top five fiction debut of 2006. Pizzolatto is primarily known for having created and written the first three seasons of True Detective. His first novel, Galveston, was published in 2010 and later adapted into a film directed by Mélanie Laurent in 2018. He also served as a screenwriter for Antoine Fuqua's 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven. 2021 saw the release of his second collaboration with Fuqua, The Guilty, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and distributed by Netflix.

Works

Galveston

After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.

Release Date:2018-10-10

Department:Writing

Job:Novel

Vote Count:509

Untitled Nic Pizzolatto / Blumhouse Film

Plot TBA. Rumored to be an “occult detective story.”

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

The Magnificent Seven

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.

Release Date:2016-09-14

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:5990

Blade

An upcoming film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) sixth Phase and part of The Multiverse Saga, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Plot TBA.

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Easy's Waltz

A down-on-his-luck comedian-crooner navigates modern Las Vegas with old-school Vegas personalities.

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Ghost Army

The US military forms a squadron of unconventional recruits during World War II to trick the German army into thinking there were outposts and bases where there were only mannequins, props and inflatable tanks.

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

The Guilty

A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.

Release Date:2021-09-24

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:2733

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

Release Date:2017-10-18

Character:Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

Release Date:2015-08-02

Character:Self

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:17

True Detective

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

Release Date:2014-01-12

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Character:Bartender

Episode Count:30

Vote Count:3540

The Killing

The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

Release Date:2011-04-03

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:767