Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis
Ellis at Comic Con in 2010
Born	(1968-02-16) 16 February 1968 (age 49) Essex, England
Nationality	English
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	Transmetropolitan Planetary Hellblazer The Authority Red Nextwave Global Frequency Iron Man Extremis Ministry of Space Fell Gun Machine
Awards	Eagle Award
http://warrenellis.com

Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the the co-creator of several original comics series, including Transmetropolitan (1997–2002), Global Frequency (2002–2004), Red (2003–2004)—adapted into the feature films Red (2010) and Red 2 (2013)—Trees (2014–present), and Injection (2015–present). Ellis is the author of the novels Crooked Little Vein (2007) and Gun Machine (2013), and the novella Normal (2016).

A prolific comic book writer, he has written several Marvel series, including Astonishing X-Men, Thunderbolts, Moon Knight, and the "Extremis" story arc of Iron Man, which was the basis for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 3 (2013). Ellis created The Authority and Planetary for WildStorm, and wrote a run of Hellblazer for Vertigo, and James Bond for Dynamite Entertainment. Ellis wrote the video games Hostile Waters (2001), Cold Winter (2005), and Dead Space (2008).