Pitof

Pitof
Born
Jean-Christophe Comar
Occupation(s)Visual effects director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1976–present

Jean-Christophe "Pitof" Comar is a French visual effects supervisor and director notable for Vidocq and Catwoman.

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 2000 Pitof made his directorial debut with the film, Vidocq a period thriller starring Gerard Depardieu and Guillaume Canet, premiered in France in September 2001. It is notable as being the first major fantasy film to be released (one year before Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones) was shot entirely with digital cinematography, using a Sony HDW-F900 CineAlta camera.[1]

In 2004, Pitof made his English-language debut with the Hollywood film Catwoman, starring Halle Berry and Sharon Stone.[2] The film was critically panned,[3][4] and is considered one of the worst movies of all time, and Pitof was awarded the Razzie Award for Worst Director for the film.[5]

Pitof was set to direct the US-Chinese co-production Empires of the Deep although he eventually dropped out.[6][7]

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. ^ Charles Masters (15 February 2000). "French 'vidocq' A High-definition First". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 23 May 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Director Pitof on Catwoman". 23 November 2003.
  3. ^ "Catwoman (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Catwoman Reviews". Metacritic.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Puchko, Kristy. "Empires Of The Deep Trailer Reveals A Mermaid War Unlike Any Other". Cinemablend. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Empires of the Deep: The New Waterworld or How to Lose $130 Million…". 25 May 2013.