Matt Hollingsworth

Matt Hollingsworth
Matt Hollingsworth on 6th International Comic Showroom in Belgrade, September 27th 2008
Born	December 17, 1968 (1968-12-17) (age 42) California
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Colorist
Notable works	Death: The High Cost of Living, Catwoman, Daredevil
Awards	Eisner: Best Colorist/Coloring, 1997
Official website

Matt Hollingsworth (born December 17, 1968, in California) is a comic book colorist.

Biography

Hollingsworth graduated from The Kubert School in 1991 and began getting regular work from Marvel Comics and DC Comics. In 1993, he was hired to the Dark Horse Comics staff as head of the painted art department. After a year, he returned to freelance work and helped launch the award-winning Preacher from DC's Vertigo imprint.

He has worked on many titles for DC/Vertigo, Marvel, and others, including Catwoman, Batman, Daredevil and Alias. He won an Eisner Award for Best Colorist/Coloring in 1997, for work on several comics including Death: The High Cost of Living. He was nominated in 2004 for Catwoman. His latest project is an Eternals book written by Neil Gaiman and pencilled by John Romita, Jr.. Hollingsworth signed an exclusive contract with Marvel in April 2010.^[1]

In 2003, he enrolled in the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood to become a visual effects artist in the film industry. He began working as a texture painter and technical director on such films as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Fantastic Four, Serenity, Superman Returns, among others.

Toward the end of 2006, Hollingsworth moved to Croatia.

Awards

• 1994: Nominated for "Best Colorist" Eisner Award, for Aliens: Labyrinth, Aliens: Salvation, and Creature from the Black Lagoon^[2]
• 1997: Won "Best Colorist" Eisner Award, for Preacher, Death: The Time of Your Life, and Challengers of the Unknown^[3]
• 2003: Nominated for "Best Colorist" Eisner Award, for Alias, Daredevil, The Filth #1-3, Batman: Nine Lives, Catwoman, and Catwoman: Selina's Big Score^[4]
• 2004: Nominated for "Best Colorist" Eisner Award, for Catwoman^[5]

References

1. ^ Beard, Jim (April 20, 2010). "Matt Hollingsworth's Marvelous Colors". Marvel.com. http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.12138.matt_hollingsworth~apos~s_marvelous_colors. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
2. ^ 1994 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners
3. ^ 1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners
4. ^ 2003 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners
5. ^ 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners

External links

• Matt Hollingsworth at the Grand Comics Database
• Matt Hollingsworth at the Comic Book DB
• Official website
• Matt Hollingsworth at the Marvel Database Project
• Matt Hollingsworth at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Hollingsworth, Matt
Alternative names
Short description	Comic book colorist
Date of birth	December 17, 1968
Place of birth	California
Date of death
Place of death