Cleo Cohen was born in 1993. She studied French literature at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS). She then followed an exchange program at the Columbia University Film School in New York, where she studied documentary filmmaking. Back in France, she entered the Documentary Film School of Lussas and directed her first documentary, Avant le départ, 26’, selected in several festivals in France and abroad. She is the author of two radiophonic series produced by France Culture, Dans le jus d’Orange, and Une saison en campagne dans le jus d’Orange. She directed in 2021 her first feature film, Que Dieu te protège (May God be with you), 77’, produced by Petit à Petit Production.