Maninder Chana

Selected Work — By Invitation

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Generative AI Producer · Director · Writer

Maninder
Chana

Two decades of narrative direction — now driving an end-to-end AI content pipeline.

Award-winning writer-director with two theatrical features and credits across CBC, Lifetime, Amazon and E!, producing 100+ generative-AI pieces spanning long-form narrative, music videos and children's content. A filmmaker's eye, applied to the current AI stack.

01

The Reel

Start here.

02

Film & Long-Form Narrative

Cinematic world-building and sustained story.

'Locks — Pitch Trailer
Dark Epic Fantasy · In Progress
Action-driven sequence design building a sustained cinematic world from script to screen via Seedance, Minimax, Nano Banana. A single character held consistent across a full chase sequence.
03

Music Videos

Character-led concepts, executed end to end.

Antifa Girl
Mr. Singh & the Sassy Sardarnis · Biggest Release
Highest-performing video and single in the catalogue — a character-driven concept carried from idea to final cut.
Crawling Back From Death
M. Chana · Black-&-White Narrative
A near-death experience rendered in stark black and white — a reflection on learning to take chances instead of playing it safe. The monochrome palette held consistent across the cut.
Aria
Neon Chai · 1980s Aesthetic
1980s synth-era visual styling — neon, grain and period detail held convincingly across the piece. Genre range on demand.
Crie!
Coquine · 1960s Yé-Yé Aesthetic
1960s French yé-yé styling — period wardrobe, palette and character identity maintained throughout. A second distinct era, proving deliberate genre versatility.
Hey, Father Christmas
Mr. Singh & the Sassy Sardarnis · Action / Slow-Motion
A festive action piece — Mr. Singh saves Christmas — built around choreographed action beats and controlled slow-motion. Speed-ramping held clean through the motion, one of the harder things to pull off in AI video.
04

Children's & Educational

Bright, safe, age-appropriate — built to a kids-content standard.

Shape Safari
Children's Music Video
Bright, safe animation style developed under a kids-content content-safety standard.
Five Senses
Children's TV-Show Pitch
Series concept and look developed for pitch; an educational format for young audiences.
05

Technical Showcase

The hard consistency problems, solved.

Raga Ma — Singh Sound Syndicate
Extended Single-Take Sitar Piece · ~11 Minutes
Sustained, seamless long-form generation engineered to read as one continuous take — among the toughest consistency challenges in AI video, executed clean.
Raga Pa — Singh Sound Syndicate
Dance & Movement · Macro Photography
Choreographed motion and tight macro-lens detail held coherent across the cut — two of the hardest things to keep consistent in AI video, executed together.
06

Narrative Direction — Film & Television

Two decades of narrative direction inform every frame of the AI work above. The eye is the same; only the tools have changed.

Little Terrors
Writer/Director · Feature, Theatrical · Best Film & Best Director wins
Scratch
Writer/Director · Feature · 30 intl. awards (11 Best Film)
Cell 213
Writer · Feature, Theatrical · w/ Michael Rooker, Bruce Greenwood
Hit Kick Punch Kill
Writer · Feature · Storyboard Media · dir. RZA
Bollywed S1 & S2
Director / Sr. Story Producer / Writer · CBC
Run the Burbs
Story Editor · CBC · 13 episodes
Kungfuland
Co-Writer · 100 Dragons · In principal photography
Killer Kitty
Co-Creator / Writer / Director · In development
Funcle · The Good News
Creator / Showrunner · In development
Arranged Love
Writer · Feature · MarVista / E!