Nolent was born in
Rouen, France, and grew up in the Caribbean, before moving to
Paris. His graphic novel
Du plomb dans la tête, 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
Netflix 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. ==Awards==