Pitof
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Born | Jean-Christophe Comar |
Occupation(s) | Visual effectsdirector, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1976–present |
Jean-Christophe"Pitof"Comaris a Frenchvisual effects supervisorand director notable forVidocqandCatwoman.
Career
[edit]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 ofDuran 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’sAlien: Resurrection.It was Pitof’s third collaboration with Jeunet after working together on the Jeunet-Caro filmsDelicatessenandThe City of Lost Children.
in 2000 Pitof made his directorial debut with the film,Vidocqa period thriller starringGerard DepardieuandGuillaume Canet,premiered in France in September 2001. It is notable as being the first major fantasy film to be released (one year beforeStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones) was shot entirely withdigital cinematography,using aSony HDW-F900CineAltacamera.[1]
In 2004, Pitof made his English-language debut with the Hollywood filmCatwoman,starringHalle BerryandSharon Stone.[2]The film was critically panned,[3][4]and is consideredone of the worst movies of all time,and Pitof was awarded theRazzie Awardfor Worst Director for the film.[5]
Pitof was set to direct the US-Chinese co-productionEmpires of the Deepalthough he eventually dropped out.[6][7]
In 2019 Pitof co-founded 6th Sense VR, a company developing, producing and distributing VR content.
Filmography
[edit]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 (1992)
- Delicatessen(1991)
References
[edit]- ^Charles Masters (15 February 2000)."French 'vidocq' A High-definition First".The Hollywood Reporter.Archived from the original on 23 May 2009.Retrieved18 September2008.
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:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^"Director Pitof on Catwoman".23 November 2003.
- ^"Catwoman (2004)".Rotten Tomatoes.Retrieved24 October2019.
- ^"Catwoman Reviews".Metacritic.
- ^"Halle's Feline Fiasco Catwoman and President's Fahrenheit Blunders Tie for 25th Razzie Dis-Honors".Razzies.com.Archived fromthe originalon 15 March 2011.Retrieved7 March2011.
- ^Puchko, Kristy."Empires Of The Deep Trailer Reveals A Mermaid War Unlike Any Other".Cinemablend.Retrieved16 May2015.
- ^"Empires of the Deep: The New Waterworld or How to Lose $130 Million…".25 May 2013.