Nathalie Trafford was born in Chile and spent her childhood in Spain. After graduating from the Lycée Français in Madrid, she settled in Paris, where she studied Art History at the Sorbonne. In 1995, she began working as an executive producer in Chile. One year later, she set up Paraíso Production Diffusion in France, with the aim of producing art-house films. She conceives of her producing career as a way of building bridges between cultures. To date, she has produced 12 feature films as delegate producer or co-producer, and 30 short films. She has contributed to the work of talented emerging directors including Andrés Wood, Ricardo Larrain, Matias Bize, Bruno Rolland, Camila Guzman Alicia Scherson, Katell Quillévéré, Jihane Chouaib, Fabianny Deschamps and Jérôme Schlomoff, among others.