Corie DuChateau loves cameras, technology, and storytelling. She is currently thriving in her role as CEO and boss lady at DuChateau Film in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Owner & Lead Videographer – DuChateau Film
Corie DuChateau is originally from Phoenix, Arizona. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in film and television production from University of Colorado and worked in television production for 8 years in Denver, Colorado. She worked on numerous series for HGTV, Food Network, Discovery Channel, TLC, DIY Network, The Weather Channel, and the National Parks Service.
Between 2012 and 2016, Corie worked on emerging video technology projects in Silicon Valley. She was one of the first to personally film, produce and direct live streaming broadcasts for television and radio stations, educational conferences, weddings, and events. She and her team published a live video streaming app to the app stores before Facebook Live even existed!
Corie moved to Puerto Vallarta in 2016 and started her business as a freelance photographer and videographer. You may have seen her numerous promotional videos for Act II Entertainment and other local businesses. In 2017 she produced a short film in Puerto Vallarta entitled Banality of Evil, which was accepted into seven international film festivals. In 2022 she produced a short documentary film entitled The Pencil and the Thread: 50 Years of Collaboration, which showed with the artists’ exhibition of the same name at Arte Vallarta Museo.
Current Roles at DuChateau Film
CEO
Writer/Director
Director of Photography/Camera Operator/AC
Editor/Post-Production Supervisor
Television Credits
• Post Associate Producer
Cake Boss – TLC 2012
Next Great Baker – TLC 2012
• 2nd Camera Videographer
Prospectors – The Weather Channel 2012
• Post Associate Producer / Post Production Supervisor
Hurricane Hunters – The Weather Channel 2012
• Research/Casting
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument – National Parks Service 2011
• Post Production Supervisor
Food Network Challenge – Food Network 2010-11
Last Cake Standing – Food Network 2010-11
Best In Smoke – Food Network 2010-11
• Jr. Line Producer
Food Network Challenge – Food Network 2010-11
Last Cake Standing – Food Network 2010-11
Best In Smoke – Food Network 2010-11
• Post Production Coordinator
My First Place – HGTV 2009
Holiday Windows – HGTV 2009
• Production Assistant
My First Place – HGTV 2008
My First Place: Lessons Learned – HGTV 2008
My First Sale – HGTV 2008
My Big Amazing Renovation – HGTV 2007
• 2nd Camera Videographer
My First Place – HGTV 2008
My Big Amazing Renovation – HGTV 2007
• Transcriptionist
My Big Amazing Renovation – HGTV 2007
My First Place – HGTV 2006
Rezoned – 2006
Offbeat America – 2005
Sugar Rush – 2005
Emergency Vets – 2005
Designer Finals – 2006
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