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{{Short description|English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter (born 1968)}} {{For|the musician|Warren Ellis (musician)}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox comics creator | image = Warren Ellis by Gage Skidmore.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Ellis at the 2010 [[San Diego Comic-Con]] | birth_name = Warren Girard Ellis | birth_place = [[Rochford]], [[Essex]], England | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|2|16|df=yes}} | death_date = | death_place = | area = | write = y | ink = | edit = | publish = | letter = | color = | alias = | signature = <!-- very optional --> | signature_alt = | notable works = ''[[Transmetropolitan]]''<br>''[[The Authority (comics)|The Authority]]''<br>''[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]]''<br>''[[Hellblazer]]''<br>''[[Global Frequency]]''<br>''[[Red (WildStorm)|Red]]''<br>''[[Fell (comics)|Fell]]''<br>''[[Extremis (comics)|Iron Man: Extremis]]''<br>''[[Nextwave]]''<br>''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]''<br>''[[FreakAngels]]''<br>''[[Supergod]]''<br>''[[Moon Knight]]''<br>''[[Trees (comic book)|Trees]]''<br>''[[Injection (comics)|Injection]]''<br>''[[James Bond (Dynamite Entertainment)|James Bond]]'' | awards = [[Eagle Awards#2006|Eagle Award]] | website = {{URL|https://warrenellis.com/}} | nonUS = y }} '''Warren Girard Ellis''' (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'' (1997β2002), ''[[Global Frequency]]'' (2002β2004) and ''[[Red (WildStorm)|Red]]'' (2003β2004), which was adapted into the feature films ''[[Red (2010 film)|Red]]'' (2010) and ''[[Red 2 (film)|Red 2]]'' (2013). 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, Ellis has written several [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] series, including ''[[Astonishing X-Men]]'', ''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|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 (comics)|The Authority]]'' and ''[[Planetary (comics)|Planetary]]'' for [[WildStorm]], and wrote a run of ''[[Hellblazer]]'' for [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]] and ''[[James Bond (Dynamite Entertainment)|James Bond]]'' for [[Dynamite Entertainment]]. Ellis wrote the video games [[Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising|''Hostile Waters'']] (2001), ''[[Cold Winter]]'' (2005), and ''[[Dead Space (2008 video game)|Dead Space]]'' (2008). He also wrote the animated TV movie ''[[G.I. Joe: Resolute]]'' (2009), wrote the English version of ''[[Marvel Anime]]'' (2010β2011), and served as the head writer on [[Netflix]] series ''[[Castlevania (TV series)|Castlevania]]'' (2017β2021). Ellis is well known for [[sociocultural]] commentary, both through his online presence and through his writing, which covers [[Transhumanism|transhumanist]] (most notably [[nanotechnology]], [[cryonics]], [[mind transfer]] and [[human enhancement]]) and [[Folklore|folkloric]] themes, often in combination with each other. He is a humanist and former patron of [[Humanists UK]], a charity focused on promoting [[secular humanism|humanism]] and advancing [[secularism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://humanism.org.uk/about/our-people/patrons/warren-ellis/|title=Our patrons: Warren Ellis|work=[[Humanists UK]]|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> He is a resident of [[Southend-on-Sea]], England.
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