Matt Pizzolo
Matt Pizzolo (born on Long Island, New York) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, bestselling comic book writer, playwright, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as writer of the speculative politics comic books "Calexit" and "Young Terrorists", creator of the transmedia franchise "Godkiller", writer-director of the indie movie "Threat", and director of music videos for Atari Teenage Riot.

He co-founded and runs indie film studio HALO 8 Entertainment with producing partner Brian Giberson and comic book publisher Black Mask Studios with partner Brett Gurewitz and creative director Steve Niles.

In 2012 Pizzolo was selected by "Wired" as "World's Most Wired Comics Creator" for his work synthesizing genre media with street politics ("anticorporate DIY production") and innovating new storytelling technologies ("engineering the transmedia spine that will take comics into the future").

Pizzolo became involved in political organizing in 2017, leveraging the momentum of his comic book series "Calexit". He formed the political action committee "Become The Government" to support first time political candidates in the 2018 Midterm Elections (initially funded by his "Calexit" royalties), ran interviews with first-time candidates and grassroots organizers in the non-fiction backmatter of "Calexit", and hosted Indivisible to run voter registration at his booth on the showfloor of San Diego Comic Con. 
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