Pitof

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

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.

Director

• Vidocq (2001)
• Catwoman (2004)
• Fire and Ice: The Dragon Chronicles (2008) (TV movie)

Writer

• Vidocq (2001)
• Le pistolet (2003)

Second unit director

• Alien Resurrection (1997)

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

• Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
• Alien Resurrection (1997)
• Didier (1997)
• Fantome avec Chauffeur (1996)
• Beaumarchais (1996)
• Fallait pas (1996)
• The City of Lost Children (1995)
• Happiness Is in the Field (1995)
• Ma Femme me Quitte (1995)
• Dead Tired (1994)
• The Daughter of d'Artagnan (1994)
• Blue Helmet (1994)
• Giorgino (1994)
• Montparnasse Pondichery (1994)
• Cash-Cash (1994)
• The Visitors (1993)
• The Thirst for Gold (1993)
• Fanfan & Alexandre (1993)
• Metisse (1993)
• My Name Is Victor (1993)
• Le Bal des casse-pieds [fr] (1992)
• Delicatessen (1991)

• Official website
• Pitof at IMDb
• Pitof at ECI Global Talent Management