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name: "Étienne Comar"
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born: "25 January 1965"
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# Étienne Comar

Producer. Born 25 January 1965 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 January 1965, Paris, France
- **Also known as:** Etienne Comar

## Biography

Étienne Comar is a French film producer, screenwriter and director. Born on 25 January 1965 in Paris, he graduated from La Fémis in 1992 and began working in production at Erato Films.

He founded the production companies Playtime (1996–2003) and Vendôme Production (2004–2010), later establishing Arches Films. Comar produced *Of Gods and Men* (2010) and *Timbuktu* (2014), both of which won the César Award for Best Film. He also wrote screenplays for several films, including *Haute Cuisine* (2012) and *My King* (2015).

His directorial debut, *Django* (2017), which he also wrote and co-produced, opened the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in competition.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Timbuktu* (2014), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/timbuktu.md)

## Also known for

- *My King* (2015), Screenplay, Associate Producer
- *Faces Places* (2017), Co-Producer
- *Of Gods and Men* (2010), Producer, Writer
- *The Women on the 6th Floor* (2011), Producer
- *Haute Cuisine* (2012), Screenplay, Producer
- *Paris-Manhattan* (2012), Producer
- *Django* (2017), Director, Co-Producer, Screenplay
- *Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti* (2017), Screenplay

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