Pitof

Jean-Christophe "Pitof" Comar (born 4 July 1957) is a French visual effects supervisor and director notable for Vidocq and Catwoman.

Pitof
Born
Jean-Christophe Comar

(1957-07-04) 4 July 1957
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Visual effects director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1976–present

Early life

Pitof was born Jean-Christophe Comar on 4 July 1957 in Paris. From an early age, he harboured an interest in photography. As a teenager, he built a photography studio in the basement of his parents' house and landed a job as a photographer's assistant.

Career

Pitof began his career in the film industry in 1976 as an assistant director, still photographer and film editor. He then branched out into musical scoring, software design and graphic design for televisions, music videos and commercials. Co-founder of Duran Duboi, a digital postproduction company, Pitof worked on commercials, videos and feature films.

In 1997, Pitof took on the role of second unit director for Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien: Resurrection. It was Pitof’s third collaboration with Jeunet after working together on the Jeunet-Caro films Delicatessen and The City of Lost Children.

In September 2001, Vidocq, starring Gerard Depardieu and Guillaume Canet, premiered in France. It was Pitof’s feature film directorial debut.

In 2004, Pitof made his English-language debut with the Hollywood film Catwoman, starring Halle Berry and Sharon Stone.[1] The film was critically panned,[2][3] and is considered one of the worst movies of all time, and Pitof was awarded the Razzie Award for Worst Director for the film.[4]

Pitof was set to direct the US-Chinese co-production Empires of the Deep although he eventually dropped out.[5][6]

In 2019 Pitof co-founded 6th Sense VR, a company developing, producing and distributing VR content.

Filmography

Director

Writer

  • Vidocq (2001)
  • Le pistolet (2003)

Second unit director

Producer

  • ’’The Sacrifice Zone’’ (2022)
  • ’’All you Need is Me’’ (2018)
  • ’’Venus’’ (2018)
  • ’’Day Driver’’ (2018)
  • ’’In my Mother’s Arms’’ (2017)
  • ’’One World’’ (2016)
  • ’’Connected’’ (2016)
  • ’’NY 84’’ (2016)
  • ’’Broken Angels’’ (2015)
  • ’’Make note of every sound’’ (2015)
  • ’’Hacker’s Game’’ (2015)
  • The Activist (2014)
  • Closer Apart (2012)

Visual effects supervisor

References
  1. "Director Pitof on Catwoman". 23 November 2003.
  2. "Catwoman (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. "Catwoman Reviews". Metacritic.
  4. "Halle's Feline Fiasco Catwoman and President's Fahrenheit Blunders Tie for 25th Razzie Dis-Honors". Razzies.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  5. Puchko, Kristy. "Empires Of The Deep Trailer Reveals A Mermaid War Unlike Any Other". Cinemablend. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. "Empires of the Deep: The New Waterworld or How to Lose $130 Million…". 25 May 2013.
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