Person · Also in films · Active since 2003
Nic Pizzolatto
b. 1975, New Orleans
American writer, born in New Orleans. Wrote four films on this site, including The Magnificent Seven (2016), The Guilty (2021) and Galveston (2018).
Along with Richard Wenk, Pizzolatto co-wrote the screenplay for The Magnificent Seven (2016), a remake of the period-piece western The Magnificent Seven (1960) (which was itself a western remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai).
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His novel Galveston won third prize in the 2010 Barnes and Noble Discovery Award, and was a finalist for the 2010 Edgar Award for best first novel.
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Films in this guide
2010s
- The Magnificent Seven (2016)screenwriter
- Galveston (2018)screenwriter
2020s
- The Guilty (2021)screenwriter
- Easy's Waltz (2025)director, screenwriter, producer