Pascal Franchot is an American film and

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producer and

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Personal life

Franchot was born in

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on June 21, 1962, the son of actress Jill Andre Franchot and filmmaker Richard Franchot. He grew up in Los Angeles with his father and moved to

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with his mother where she acted in

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Education

Franchot studied at the American University of Paris and Parsons School of Design before graduating from

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with a degree in Film and a minor in Photography. Upon graduating, Franchot started directing commercials and music videos for MTV and VH1. Pascal then went on to direct his first feature, the horror film, ''Milo''.

Career

Franchot segued into TV as a writer, director and producer on the Discovery series ''

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'', on which he worked for several years. He has directed and produced several series pilots, three of which have gone to series for the networks Bravo, Discovery,

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and CMT. Pascal has delivered programming for networks and cable channels including ABC-TV,

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, and the

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. In 2011 Franchot won a

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as a producer of the ''CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute'' show. In 2008, Franchot produced the feature film ''

Gardens of the Night ''Gardens of the Night'' is a 2008 drama film, written and directed by Damian Harris and starring Gillian Jacobs, John Malkovich, Ryan Simpkins, and Tom Arnold. Plot In Pennsylvania, eight-year-old Leslie Whitehead ( Ryan Simpkins) is kidnappe ...

'' starring

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Evan Ross Evan Olav Ross-Naess (born August 26, 1988), is an American actor and musician. He made his acting debut in the comedy-drama film ''ATL'' (2006), and has since starred in the films ''Pride'' (2007), '' According to Greta'' (2009), ''Mooz-lum'' ( ...

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and

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; this project premièred at the

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and won The International Critics' prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. In 2010, Franchot directed and produced the teen drama/thriller ''

Triple Dog ''Triple Dog'' is a 2010 Canadian drama thriller film directed by Pascal Franchot and written by Barbara Marshall. The film stars Britt Robertson, Alexia Fast, Scout Taylor-Compton, and Janel Parrish. It was released by Gravitas Ventures in the U ...

'', starring

Britt Robertson Brittany Leanna Robertson (born April 18, 1990) is an American actress. She is known for her lead role in '' The First Time'' (2012), and has appeared in the films '' Tomorrowland'' (2015), '' The Space Between Us'' (2017), '' A Dog's Purpose' ...

, Scout-Taylor Compton and Nolan Funk. Franchot is the owner and CEO of Fastback Pictures which produces film and TV projects.

References

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