Marc Lougee - Director

Marc Lougee's award - winning short film, 'THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM', was executive produced by animation legend Ray Harryhausen (Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, 20 Million Miles to Earth, Clash of the Titans) and Fred Fuchs (Francis Ford Coppolla's Dracula, Frankenstein). Visual Effects for the film were produced by Switch VFX, Toronto (Saw III, Dawn of the Dead).

THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM premiered at Harry Knowles' / Ain't It Cool BNAT Film Festival, with the first public screening (US) of Peter Jackson's KING KONG in Austin, TX. This was soon followed by a special screening for Industrial Light and Magic & Pixar crew members in San Rafael, CA with Ray Harryhausen hosting the event.

Since it's premiere, The PIT AND THE PENDULUM has been chosen as an Official Selection at over 30 festivals worldwide, including the CFC's World Wide Shorts Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, Borges en Curt (Spain), Swansea Bay Film Festival (Wales, UK), Festival Du Cinema De Paris (Fra