Nicolas Nemiri | |
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Born | Mulhouse, France | January 3, 1975
Nationality | French |
Area(s) | Comic book artist |
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Nicolas Nemiri (born 3 January 1975, in Mulhouse, France) [1] is a French comic book artist.
As a child, Nemiri had a great passion for books and admiration for French "bande-dessinée" artists such as Jean Giraud / Moebius, Hugo Pratt and André Franquin. He attended the Beaux Art d'Angoulême art school for three years, [1] during which he met and befriended Dominique Bertail and Marc Rigoux. At the age of 20, after living on small jobs and a few illustrations done for Japanese fashion magazines, Nemiri's mother sent some sketches to Éditions Glénat in 1998. Author Jean-David Morvan offered Nemiri his first job and the two have since then worked on numerous collaborations, notably "Je suis morte" and "Hyper l'hyppo" (2005).
In 2023, he co-created the short animated film, Ruthless Blade, with director Zhang Bo as a part of the Capsules anthology. [2] It was included in the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival official selection. [3] He is also currently part of Superani, a creative studio started by Kim Jung Gi and Kim Hyun Jin. [4]
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