A graduate of the école Louis Lumière, Christian Pfohl made his debut as part of the “24 poètes secondes” movement, a group of inspired and enthusiastic friends with a passion for technology, and in particular for pixilation. For Christian Pfohl that is where it all begins! Pixilation, a technique frequently used in advertising and in the Benny Hill shows, is based on the principle of photographing live objects and subjects frame by frame and then recreating their movements during editing. In normal time, this technique is used to recreate a comic impression of speed.
However, for Christian it is largely a way of breaking rhythms and increasing contrasts.
Thanks to the grant from the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation, Christian has been able to explore this technique and to create M.Foudamour, the adventures of a character who is obsessed with love! A kind of tribute to Charlie Chaplin and Tex Avery as well as Doisneau. Having been a producer and director of photography, Christain Pfohl is now a film maker, with thirty or so films to his credit!

Achievements since winning the grant

In 1993, Christian Pfohl founded Lardux Production with Marc Boyer (winner of the TV Producer grant in 1994) and co-produced his project entitled the Aventures extraordinaires et romantiques de M.Foudamour, which was awarded the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation grant
In 1995, he produced Le Départ.
In 1999, he produced Les Quatre saisons d’Espigoule, directed by Christian Phillibert. Already rewarded by its 120,000 viewers, the film won several prizes.
In 2000, he was awarded the Lutin for the best production for Le Puits by Jérôme Boulbès.
In 2002, he produced L’Amante by Alexandre Dubosc and Blanche Faïence by Gérard Ollivier.
In 2003, Christian Pfohl produced Le facteur de 19 heures by Hugues Poulain.
In 2004, he produced Voyage en mémoires indiennes, by Jo Béranger and Doris Buttignol, and Pas Assez De Volume, Notes Sur L'OMC by Vincent Glenn.
In 2007, he produced L’Aube, by Pierre Merejkowsky, and La Saint-Festin by Anne-Laure Daffis and Léo Marchand.
In 2008, he produced Petites Ecolsions by Philippe Jullien and Olivier Pesch.