About

Known credits:
14
Birthday:
1975-10-18
Place of birth:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Website:
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Nic Pizzolatto

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2017 Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel Actor Self N/A
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Directing
Easy's Waltz Directing Director N/A
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Untitled Blumhouse Film Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2021 The Guilty Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
2018 Galveston Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2018 Galveston Writing Novel 59
Average
2016 The Magnificent Seven Writing Screenplay 64
Fair
2014 True Detective Writing Original Series Creator 82
Very good
Ghost Army Writing Screenplay N/A
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Easy's Waltz Writing Writer N/A
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Blade Writing Writer N/A
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Untitled Blumhouse Film Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2021 The Guilty Production Executive Producer 63
Fair
2014 True Detective Production Executive Producer 82
Very good