About Genario

An AI approach designed to support film and audiovisual professionals with their creative and technical challenges.

About Genario

An AI approach designed to support film and audiovisual professionals with their creative and technical challenges.

About Genario

An AI approach designed to support film and audiovisual professionals with their creative and technical challenges.

For an ethical AI that respects copyright.

I created Genario to meet an essential need: to offer screenwriters and production professionals a true creative companion, capable of combining artificial intelligence and respect for authors.

David Defendi, co-founder of Genario

I created Genario to meet an essential need: to offer screenwriters and production professionals a true creative companion, capable of combining artificial intelligence and respect for authors.

David Defendi, co-founder of Genario

Genario, a vision built with the industry

Founded in 2018, Genario was born from the collaboration between an author-screenwriter and an artificial intelligence engineer.

From the very beginning, the project was built at the intersection of creation, technology and cultural institutions.

We support projects at every stage — development, pre-production, AI production, and hybridization — by integrating artificial intelligence as a mastered creative tool at the service of teams and narratives.

2018

Foundation

200+

Clients

45K+

Projects

20K+

Users

The Genario Story

2018-19 · Foundations

David Defendi (author-screenwriter) and Louis Manhès (artificial intelligence engineer) lay the foundations of Genario. First work around the adaptation of novels into screenplays using AI.

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2018-19 · Foundations

David Defendi (author-screenwriter) and Louis Manhès (artificial intelligence engineer) lay the foundations of Genario. First work around the adaptation of novels into screenplays using AI.

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2019-20 · Educational Technology

Development of complete AI workflows dedicated to writing and audiovisual development. Genario becomes the first writing artificial intelligence recognized by the SACD.

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2019-20 · Educational Technology

Development of complete AI workflows dedicated to writing and audiovisual development. Genario becomes the first writing artificial intelligence recognized by the SACD.

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2020-24 · Market validation

Adoption of Genario tools by major industry players: TF1, Canal+, Banijay, Mediawan, and Arte. Institutional recognition from the CNC, ARCOM, and PROCIREP.

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2020-24 · Market validation

Adoption of Genario tools by major industry players: TF1, Canal+, Banijay, Mediawan, and Arte. Institutional recognition from the CNC, ARCOM, and PROCIREP.

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2025 · Production and hybridization

Creation of an activity dedicated to the production of content and films integrating AI, from development to the hybridization of images.

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2025 · Production and hybridization

Creation of an activity dedicated to the production of content and films integrating AI, from development to the hybridization of images.

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The Genario Team

David Defendi

CEO

Salomé Anfray

Director of Productions

Axelle Baudlot

Assistant Director

David Defendi

Co-founder & screenwriter

Louis Manhel

Co-founder & AI Engineer

David Defendi

Co-founder & screenwriter

They trust us

Why Genario?

Genario is chosen not to promise miracle solutions, but to offer a rigorous and responsible integration of artificial intelligence within film and audiovisual projects.

Our approach is based on a deep understanding of industry sectors, production constraints, and artistic challenges. AI is never an end in itself, but a tool at the service of authors, producers, and creative teams, integrated with method and discernment.

An AI designed for business roles, supporting projects.

Because integrating AI into audiovisual creation requires much more than just technology: it demands experience, structure, and trust.

What makes the difference

Understanding of professions

A deep understanding of the realities of cinema and audiovisual production, from screenwriting to post-production.

Ethical and legal framework

An AI developed with respect for authors, their works, and existing institutional frameworks.

Mastered AI

Targeted uses, methodically integrated, without blind automation or workflow disruption.

Collaborative approach

Working in close collaboration with the artistic and technical teams, at every stage of the project.

Additional tools

Dedicated applications (Genario, Piper) and tailored services, adapted to the actual needs of the production.

Rigour and precision

A constant attention to detail, artistic choices, and project consistency.

They trust us

  • Genario is the ideal tool for reading and appreciating screenplays. It improves our dialogue with screenwriters and allows us all to make...

    Jean Yves Robin

    CEO of Robin&Co

  • Genario is the perfect tool for improving our daily work!

    Hubert Besson

    Producer And So On Media

  • At Banijay, we were among the first to use Genario, developed by both an engineer and a screenwriter, which...

    Alexia Laroche-Joubert

    CEO Banijay France - April 2025

  • Genario is the ideal tool for reading and appreciating screenplays. It improves our dialogue with screenwriters and allows us all to make...

    Jean Yves Robin

    CEO of Robin&Co

  • Genario is the perfect tool for improving our daily work!

    Hubert Besson

    Producer And So On Media

  • At Banijay, we were among the first to use Genario, developed by both an engineer and a screenwriter, which...

    Alexia Laroche-Joubert

    CEO Banijay France - April 2025