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Also known as Enes Bilal, E. Bilal

French comic book creator, comics artist and film director (born 1951)

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Enki Bilal, born Enes Bilanović on 7 October 1951 in Belgrade, is a French comics artist, film director, illustrator, and screenwriter. He works in Paris and speaks French. His notable works include *La femme piège*, *Froid équateur*, *La foire aux immortels*, and *La trilogie Nikopol*.

Bilal has received several awards, including the Grand prix de la ville d'Angoulême, the Prix Saint-Michel, the Yellow Kid Award, and the title of Knight of the Legion of Honour. His works are held in the collection of the Eye Filmmuseum.

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Person · Open Library

Works
31

Top works

  • La femme piège
  • Froid équateur
  • La foire aux immortels
  • La trilogie Nikopol
  • IWC Schaffhausen. Engineering Time since 1868. Deutsche Ausgabe

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Film & TV

Writing · Belgrade, Serbia

Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.

Known for

  • Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy — Himself2023
  • Un monde, un regard2021
  • Valérian, histoire d'une création — Self2017
  • Enki Bilal, Le sommeil du monstre — Self2015
  • 28 minutes — Self2012
  • Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures — Self2007
  • Tout le monde en parle — Self2004
  • Pourquoi l'étrange monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? — Self1983
  • Système 2 — Self1975
  • Apostrophes — Self1975

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1979-08-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
109
Total plays
2,349

Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to a Slovak mother and a Bosniak father who had been Tito's tailor, he moved to Paris at the age of 9. At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied his talent to comics. He produced work for Goscinny's comics magazine Pilote in the 1970s, publishing his first story, Le Bol Maudit, in 1972. In 1975, Bilal began working with script writer Pierre Christin on a series of dark and surreal tales, resulting in the body of work titled Légendes d'Aujou

via Last.fm · Enki Bilal

Key facts

Born
Enes Bilal , ( 1951-10-07 ) 7 October 1951 (age 74) , Belgrade , PR Serbia , SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality
French, Serbian
Area s
Artist, writer, director
Notable works
Nikopol Trilogy , Légendes d'Aujourd'hui , Partie de chasse
Awards
Full list

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Encyclopedic overview

Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a French comic book creator and film director.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Enki Bilal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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