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David Marchand

Author | Screenwriter | Children's & Culture Writer

€300/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 12 hours

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About David

Writer and author specializing in educational and children's content, I create texts that explain, tell stories, and inspire learning.
For over 15 years, I have published more than 20 children's books (Milan, Nathan, Bayard...) and collaborated with museums and institutions to write scripts for films, animations, and educational materials.

👉 My areas of expertise:
– Children's writing on commission (picture books, non-fiction, short stories)
– Cultural content for museums, exhibitions, audio tours
– Scientific or historical storytelling for young audiences

I adapt to your editorial or museographic constraints and deliver clear, dynamic, and well-structured texts.

Offer 1: Children's Non-Fiction Story (ages 6-10)

I offer you a non-fiction story text, on the theme of your choice (history, science, nature...).
The story can be standalone or part of a series, for illustration or online distribution.

📘 Included:
– A story of 3 to 5 A4 pages
– Clear, lively text, adapted for young readers
– Revisions

👦👧 Ideal for: publishers, local authorities, museums, associations

Offer 2: Script for Exhibition Film or Educational Video

I write the script for a film for an exhibition, museum, or educational material.
The text is designed for fluid, lively, clear voice-over, with narration or dialogue as needed.

🎧 Included:
– A script equivalent to 2 to 5 minutes of voice-over
– Adaptation to the target tone and audience
– Integration of your scenographic constraints
– Revisions

✅ Offer 3: Proofreading and Structuring of Children's Editorial Projects

Developing a children's series or book project?
I will help you structure the text with the perspective of an experienced author.

🔍 Included:
– Analysis of the manuscript/concept
– Detailed feedback on narrative, coherence, target age, readability
– Concrete improvement suggestions
– Follow-up discussion if needed
  • French

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Drole de Trame
    Museum Screenwriter
    January 2023 - Today (3 years and 5 months)
    Location: France (assignments for museum exhibitions and cultural institutions)
    Contract Type: Occasional commissioned projects

    Description:
    Writing scripts for films, animations, and sound installations for permanent or temporary exhibitions.
    Close collaboration with directors, curators, and exhibition designers to create content that is both educational and immersive, aimed at the general public (adults, families, schoolchildren).

    Key achievements:

    Cité de la Voile (Lorient): script for two animated films (daily life of skippers & functioning of marine currents)

    Château de Montbéliard: scripts for 6 dialogue-based historical films, embodying significant figures of the place

    Musée du Bourg d’Oisans: film on mountain seasonality, for children

    Musée Guimet (Paris): script for a documentary film on precious metals in ancient China

    Exhibition "La ligne claire": script for an educational film on the origins of comic strips

    Quadrilatère de Beauvais: 4 humorous animation capsules on urban myths

    University of Poitiers – Hôtel Chaboureau: series of 4 short science fiction films ("archaeologists of the future") for a young audience trail
    Screenwriting Copywriting
  • Editions Milan jeunesse
    Conception and writing of several non-fiction books for children
    PUBLISHING
    January 2016 - December 2022 (7 years)
    Conception and writing of several non-fiction books:
    - 3 large non-fiction picture books on the themes of air mail, space exploration, and the history of the universe
    - 2 titles "Mes ptits docs" and "Mes ptites questions", integrated into existing series, on the themes of moving house and the French Revolution
  • Bayard
    Writing of 5 "J'aime Lire" and "J'aime Lire Max" titles
    PUBLISHING
    January 2009 - January 2018 (9 years)
    Collaboration on "J'aime Lire" and "J'aime Lire Max" titles, with the production of 5 major stories:
    - Léo and the Man on the Bridge (2009)
    - On the Road to Adventure (2014)
    - The Mirror Pact (2015)
    - The Best Sister in the World (2017)
    - Noam's Lie (2019)

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Education

  • Engineering Degree
    Institut d'Optique Graduate School
    2007
    Sciences physiques, informatique, mathématiques, sciences de la nature
  • Public Writer
    Sorbonne Nouvelle
    2011
    Linguistique, écriture créative, rhétorique

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