Debra McClutchy is a Brooklyn-based independent filmmaker, archival producer/researcher, and film consultant with experience that spans development to production to distribution. Debra co-developed and co-directed the Academy Award nominated archival documentary short film The Martha Mitchell Effect. Her most recent archival producing credits include WTO/99, Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (2025, Magnolia Pictures) Secret Mall Apartment (2025, Wheelhouse Creative). Debra joined the Archival Producers Alliance in 2023 and contributed to the writing of the Best Practices for Use of Generative AI in Documentaries, GenAI Best Practices Tool Kit, and Working With Archival Producers guide. Previously, she was a senior creative at independent film distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, a producer at The Criterion Collection, and an associate producer in documentary television. Debra serves on the Advisory Group for the film organization Missing Movies, and is a member of The Gotham, International Documentary Association, Film Fatales.