He grew up in Los Angeles with his father and moved to New York City with his mother where she acted in Broadway theater.
Franchot studied at the American University of Paris and Parsons School of Design before graduating from Ithaca College with a degree in Film and a minor in Photography.
Franchot segued into TV as a writer, director and producer on the Discovery series Unsolved History, on which he worked for several years.
In 2011 Franchot won a Peabody Award as a producer of the CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute show.
[3] In 2010, Franchot directed and produced the teen drama/thriller Triple Dog, starring Britt Robertson, Scout-Taylor Compton and Nolan Funk.