Tony Comiti was born in 1950 and entered the world of journalism at the age of 18, beginning in the photographic lab of France Soir. Then as an independent photographer, he covered the major events in South America from 1972 to 1976: coup in Chile, revolution in Nicaragua, guerrilla warfare in Colombia, coup in Venezuela, civil war in El Salvador, traffic in cocaine, etc.

He directed around twenty 52-minute films including Emeralds of Colombia, the Medellin Cartel, Eunuchs in India, Pirates of the Philippines, and Child Slaves. In 2001, he created Tony Comiti Productions. He is the well-known producer and showrunner of Dicing with Death (2018), Chile: Torturers Running Free (1999), and The Little Angel of Colombia (2002).