# Chloe Domont
**Chloe Domont** (born 1987) is an American film and television director, writer, and producer, known for her feature directorial debut *Fair Play* (2023), a relationship thriller set in the world of high finance that premiered at the [Sundance Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/sundance-film-festival) and sold to Netflix for $20 million.[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D698253.html) • [2](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122979-interview-chloe-domont-fair-play/) Before that film, she built a career directing episodic television, with credits on series including HBO's *Ballers*, *Suits*, *Star Trek: Discovery*, *Billions*, *Shooter*, and *Clarice*.[3](https://www.dga.org/events/2023/november2023/fairplay_qna_0923)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA[1](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D698253.html) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2132542/) |
| Education | BFA in Film & Television, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University[5](https://www.moviemaker.com/fair-play-chloe-domont/) |
| Feature debut | *Fair Play* (2023), premiered at Sundance on January 20, 2023[2](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122979-interview-chloe-domont-fair-play/) • [6](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/fair-play-is-a-tense-examination-of-vicious-cycles-wrapped-in-a-toxic-relationship-thriller/) |
| Sale to Netflix | $20 million at Sundance, one of the festival's headline deals[2](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122979-interview-chloe-domont-fair-play/) |
| Television credits | *Ballers*, *Suits*, *Star Trek: Discovery*, *Billions*, *Shooter*, *Clarice*[3](https://www.dga.org/events/2023/november2023/fairplay_qna_0923) |
| Upcoming | *A Place in Hell*, scheduled for release December 25, 2026[7](https://filmmusic.com/person/chloe-domont/) |
## Background and education
Domont was born in Los Angeles, California.[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2132542/) She earned a BFA degree in Film & [Television](https://www.edgepedia.org/television) from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and while starting out she took commercial directing jobs while making her own short films.[5](https://www.moviemaker.com/fair-play-chloe-domont/) Her short-form work circulated on the independent festival circuit; her films have been Official Selections at venues and festivals including MoMA, BAMcinemaFest, AFI FEST, and the LA Film Festival, and received critical attention in *The New Yorker*, the *New York Times*, and the *Huffington Post*.[8](https://mirada.com/talent/chloe-domont/) IMDb credits her as a director and writer on the short *Haze* (2014) and lists *Ballers* (2015) and *Shooter* (2016) among her early known works.[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2132542/)
## Television career
By 2017, Domont was earning steady television directing jobs on high-profile series, including HBO's *Ballers*, CBS's *Clarice*, and Showtime's *[Billions](https://www.edgepedia.org/billions-tv-series)*.[5](https://www.moviemaker.com/fair-play-chloe-domont/) Her episode credits also include *Suits*, *Star Trek: Discovery*, and *Shooter*, and she has been a [Directors Guild of America](https://www.edgepedia.org/directors-guild-of-america) member since 2017.[3](https://www.dga.org/events/2023/november2023/fairplay_qna_0923) Working in these writers' rooms and on these shows, she has said, gave her direct experience of adapting to male-dominated professional environments, an experience that later fed into her feature writing.[2](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122979-interview-chloe-domont-fair-play/) She has also described her television work as practical training for feature production: TV taught her to solve problems quickly and pivot on the spot.[5](https://www.moviemaker.com/fair-play-chloe-domont/)
## Fair Play
*Fair Play* (2023) is a thriller about Emily ([Phoebe Dynevor](https://www.edgepedia.org/phoebe-dynevor)) and Luke ([Alden Ehrenreich](https://www.edgepedia.org/alden-ehrenreich)), an engaged couple who work as analysts at the same New York hedge fund, One Crest Capital, where office relationships are banned. When their boss Campbell ([Eddie Marsan](https://www.edgepedia.org/eddie-marsan)) gives a coveted portfolio manager promotion to Emily instead of Luke, who expected it, the relationship deteriorates under the pressure of his resentment.[9](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/fair-play-chloe-domont-interview?inapp=true) • [10](https://apnews.com/article/edc0f6ae640f77b9c52e55a054063961) The supporting cast includes Rich Sommer, Sia Alipour, and Sebastian De Souza.[11](https://www.thewrap.com/fair-play-review-chloe-domont/)
**Origins of the script.** Domont wrote the film from personal experience, describing relationships with men who felt threatened by her ambitions, and a fear that her career would cost her a relationship.[6](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/fair-play-is-a-tense-examination-of-vicious-cycles-wrapped-in-a-toxic-relationship-thriller/) • [5](https://www.moviemaker.com/fair-play-chloe-domont/) She deliberately chose finance rather than the film industry as the setting, saying a film-industry backdrop would have been boring for her and that she wanted to explore new territory; friends in finance described workplace highs and lows she recognized from her own world.[2](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122979-interview-chloe-domont-fair-play/) She spent six months on the script before sharing it, finishing it shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic.[5](https://www.moviemaker.com/fair-play-chloe-domont/) She has framed the film's intent as a thriller about gender power dynamics within a relationship, aiming to show the dangers of male inferiority and the ways women are forced to play ugly to survive.[12](https://filmstories.co.uk/features/interview-writer-director-chloe-domont-on-her-netflix-thriller-fair-play/)
**Production.** Star Thrower Entertainment, the company of producers Tim and Trevor White, came onto the project first and helped with casting; the film was the first release of the emerging filmmaker program run by MRC and T-Street Productions, the company founded by [Rian Johnson](https://www.edgepedia.org/rian-johnson) and Ram Bergman, who served as executive producers alongside Domont.[5](https://www.moviemaker.com/fair-play-chloe-domont/) The film was shot in Belgrade, standing in for New York, with all interiors built on a stage by production designer Steve Summersgill.[9](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/fair-play-chloe-domont-interview?inapp=true) To heighten the story's claustrophobia, Domont had the apartment set's walls moved in 10 percent each time the production returned to it, narrowing the hallways as the relationship frays.[9](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/fair-play-chloe-domont-interview?inapp=true) She directed the sound design like a horror film, with a deliberately dissonant score of unresolved notes and layered creaks and pipe sounds to sustain tension.[9](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/fair-play-chloe-domont-interview?inapp=true) • [3](https://www.dga.org/events/2023/november2023/fairplay_qna_0923)
**Release and reception.** *Fair Play* premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2023, where it drew strong audience response and a bidding war, and received a Grand Jury Prize nomination.[6](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/fair-play-is-a-tense-examination-of-vicious-cycles-wrapped-in-a-toxic-relationship-thriller/) • [13](https://www.castingnetworks.com/news/how-chloe-domont-used-her-real-life-experiences-to-write-the-script-of-fair-play/) Netflix paid $20 million for it.[2](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122979-interview-chloe-domont-fair-play/) It opened in limited theatrical release on September 29, 2023 and began streaming on Netflix on October 6, 2023, according to TheWrap and the film's listing data; Filmmaker Magazine's interview gives the streaming date as October 13.[11](https://www.thewrap.com/fair-play-review-chloe-domont/) • [14](https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/pro-reviews.php?movie-id=977361) • [2](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122979-interview-chloe-domont-fair-play/) Critics generally received the film well: Justin Chang of the *Los Angeles Times* called it a "wicked-sharp psychological thriller" and an assured debut, Owen Gleiberman of *Variety* called it a gripping drama with something to say about the post-#MeToo world, and reviews in *The Guardian*, *Empire*, and *Screen Rant* awarded it four stars out of five.[14](https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/pro-reviews.php?movie-id=977361) The Associated Press noted that although the film was widely labeled an erotic thriller after Sundance, it functions more as a battle-of-the-sexes drama set in a misogynist corporate world.[10](https://apnews.com/article/edc0f6ae640f77b9c52e55a054063961) Domont herself said she did not set out to make an erotic thriller, but a thriller about gender power dynamics within a highly sexual relationship.[15](https://apnews.com/article/12e1576b9bafdf1750515698a12c25b9)
## Later work
Domont's next directing project is *A Place in Hell*, listed for release on December 25, 2026.[7](https://filmmusic.com/person/chloe-domont/)
## References
1. [Chloé Domont, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne%3D698253.html)
2. [Risk On: Chloe Domont on Fair Play, Filmmaker Magazine](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122979-interview-chloe-domont-fair-play/)
3. [Director Chloe Domont discusses Fair Play, Directors Guild of America](https://www.dga.org/events/2023/november2023/fairplay_qna_0923)
4. [Chloe Domont, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2132542/)
5. [Fair Play Writer-Director Chloe Domont on Making of Her Office-Romance Disaster Movie, MovieMaker](https://www.moviemaker.com/fair-play-chloe-domont/)
6. ["Fair Play" Is a Tense Examination of Vicious Cycles Wrapped in a Toxic Relationship Thriller, Sundance.org](https://www.sundance.org/blogs/fair-play-is-a-tense-examination-of-vicious-cycles-wrapped-in-a-toxic-relationship-thriller/)
7. [Chloe Domont, FilmMusic.com](https://filmmusic.com/person/chloe-domont/)
8. [Chloe Domont, Mirada](https://mirada.com/talent/chloe-domont/)
9. [Chloe Domont Talks Directing 'Fair Play', Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/fair-play-chloe-domont-interview?inapp=true)
10. [Movie Review: In 'Fair Play,' a battle of the sexes on Wall Street, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/edc0f6ae640f77b9c52e55a054063961)
11. [Fair Play Review, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/fair-play-review-chloe-domont/)
12. [Interview: Writer-director Chloe Domont on her Netflix thriller Fair Play, Film Stories](https://filmstories.co.uk/features/interview-writer-director-chloe-domont-on-her-netflix-thriller-fair-play/)
13. [How Chloe Domont Used Her Real-Life Experiences to Write the Script of 'Fair Play', Casting Networks](https://www.castingnetworks.com/news/how-chloe-domont-used-her-real-life-experiences-to-write-the-script-of-fair-play/)
14. [Pro reviews by Fair Play, FilmAffinity](https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/pro-reviews.php?movie-id=977361)
15. [Sundance goes wild for sexy corporate thriller 'Fair Play', Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/12e1576b9bafdf1750515698a12c25b9)
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