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Villagers of Kogutu, Kenya, aboard a fishing boat on Lake Victoria — still from Free Money (Sundance 2023), produced by Chloe Darnaud
§ I — Statement · Portfolio 2018 — 2026

Helpingpowerfulstories
findtheirvoice.

Fig. 01 — Free Money (Sundance 2023). Kogutu, Kenya — a village before the money arrived.
By
Chloe Darnaud, bilingual French-American development producer
Chloe Darnaud
Bilingual French-American Development Producer

I'm a bilingual French-American development producer working across documentary, fiction and long-form journalism — with filmmakers, production companies, NGOs and mission-driven organisations. My work runs from the first treatment to the document that convinces a funder: story architecture, script consultancy, archival research, pitch decks and festival strategy. What sets it apart is the time I take to really know a project and its author before touching its form.

  • Development Producer
  • Archival Research
  • Pitch Deck Design
  • Creative Strategy
  • FR · EN Bilingual
§ II — Selected Pitch Decks

A portfolio of decks — feature films, documentaries & press kits.

Tu Me Ressembles
Press Kit · Dina Amer
Tu Me Ressembles
Cherif
Feature Film · Editorial Slide
Cherif
Les Brebis Galeuses
Feature Film · Bixente Volet
Les Brebis Galeuses
Blindfolded
Feature Film · Development
Blindfolded
Playing With Fire
Documentary · Strategy
Playing With Fire
Cain, Abel & The Cowgirl
Series · Pitch Deck
Cain, Abel & The Cowgirl
Blindfolded — Look Book
Visual Reference
Blindfolded — Look Book
Raavel
Documentary · Character Deck
Raavel
Synesthesia
Title Card
Synesthesia
01 / 03
§ III — Selected Collaborators

Trusted by studios, broadcasters, NGOs & independent voices.

Netflix logo
Imagine Documentaries logo
The Outlaw Ocean Project logo
Insignia Films logo
Willa logo
Canyon Cinema logo
Othrs logo
Metro logo
FFP logo
Free Spirit logo
Télé Grenoble logo
Netflix logo
Imagine Documentaries logo
The Outlaw Ocean Project logo
Insignia Films logo
Willa logo
Canyon Cinema logo
Othrs logo
Metro logo
FFP logo
Free Spirit logo
Télé Grenoble logo
§ IV — Selected Work

Documentaries, series & long-form journalism I've helped shape.

7 projects shown
You Resemble Me — film still
Selected Recognition
  • Venice — Verona Film Club Award
  • Cairo IFF — Best Arab Film

A meditation on identity and inheritance, told through fragmented family memory.

Fiction · Assistant Writer · Assistant Director · Archival Research
Released

You Resemble Me

2021
Dir. Dina Amer · Premiered Venice Film Festival
Exec. produced by Spike Lee, Riz Ahmed & Alma Har'el
The Outlaw Ocean Project — film still
Selected Recognition
  • Emmy nomination
  • Overseas Press Club Award

Investigative journalism at sea — building narrative frameworks for a global audience.

Journalism · Investigative Research · Subtitles (EN/FR)
Ongoing

The Outlaw Ocean Project

2024
Dir. Ian Urbina · Premiered The New Yorker · The Guardian
Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalism
Paper & Glue — film still
Selected Recognition
  • Tribeca — Official Selection

JR's monumental portraits, translated into a funder-ready visual proposal.

Documentary · Archival Research · Subtitles (EN/FR)
Released

Paper & Glue

2021
Dir. JR · Premiered Tribeca Film Festival
MSNBC Films
Kharkiv — Civilian Evacuations — film still

Consulting on the cut and full EN/FR subtitling for a report from the eastern front.

Journalism · Editing Consultant · Subtitles (EN/FR)
Released

Kharkiv — Civilian Evacuations

2026
Dir. Frontlines for Peace · Premiered Frontlines for Peace · Field report, Ukraine
Frontlines for Peace
My Name is Gitta — film still
Selected Recognition
  • Dances With Films 2026 — Winner, Audience Award (Documentary Feature)

Reconstructing a Holocaust survivor's testimony from scattered archives.

Documentary · Story Editor · Producer · Subtitles (EN/FR)
In festival run

My Name is Gitta

2026
Premiered Dances With Films 2026
Free Money — film still
Selected Recognition
  • Sundance — Official Selection
  • Hot Docs — Official Selection

Universal basic income in a Kenyan village — a decade-long social experiment.

Documentary · Producer
Streaming

Free Money

2023
Dir. Sam Soko & Lauren DeFilippo · Premiered Sundance Film Festival
MTV Documentary Films
The Shepherd & the Bear — film still

A shepherd, the slow return of predators, and an old European quarrel about land.

Documentary · Archival Research · Subtitles (EN/FR)
In cinemas

The Shepherd & the Bear

2022
Premiered Theatrical release — 15 July 2026
§ V — Services

What I do — and how it elevates your project.

01

Film Development

Shaping treatments and story architecture from the first spark through the final draft.

02

Screenwriting

Structure, dialogue and dramaturgy — from outline to shooting script, in French or English.

03

Archival Research

Excavating forgotten footage, records and photographs — turning fragments into narrative bedrock.

04

Pitch Deck Design

Editorial documents that translate a vision into a document funders trust and remember.

05

Creative Strategy

Positioning, audience and voice — building the frame around the work before it meets the world.

06

Translation & Localisation

Moving stories across languages without losing cadence, nuance or intent.

§ VI — Method

I take the time to go deep.

Chloe Darnaud seated, portrait cut-out

What sets me apart as a development producer is the time I take to really know a project and its author — asking the right questions, reading every draft of the screenplay, even digging into the deep, personal reasons behind the work. That depth lets me truly capture a project's soul, whether in a pitch deck, a script rewrite, or the right festival, broadcaster, or grant strategy.  Few people take that kind of time.

See how I work, step by step
§ VII — Correspondence

Let's build
stories
that matter.

Based between

Paris, France · Sevilla, Spain
& remote worldwide