Biography
Michelle Czernin von Chudenitz, an award-winning producer started her producing career in film/TV with short form projects: music videos, commercials, government, short films ("The Artist's Circle" nominated for Cannes International Film Festival 2000 / invited to Director's Fortnight; various domestic and int'l music video awards ("Best Video") including Juno nomination, MuchMusic, MTV USA/MTV Asia, CMT, TNN, BritAwards, Midem; also nominated for Golden Lion ("Best Commercial") at Cannes Lions Festival). In the past few years she has focused on feature films, including "Salvador's Deli", _Exiles In Paradise (2001)_ (CBS/Bravo), and Edge of Nowhere (2003). In 1995, Michelle was recognized with producing one of the Top 10 Music Videos in Canadian History, "Moist" (Push, EMI).
In 2002, she opened Manmade Entertainment Productions Inc. in Los Angeles with partner, Steven Man, a subsidiary of Miridien Filmed Entertainment Inc. and Isis Media Works (both owner), in Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian entity also owns a small production studio with all peripherals, including equipment, post editing facilities and transport.
Under the Manmade umbrella, Michelle is actively developing several features, television series and direct sale projects. Her experience and award-winning history in the industry give her an edge in the world of production and finance; but it is her years growing up, sailing around the world on a yacht and living within many cultures of the world give her a philosophical strength; a sense of confident optimism and humanity and a level which are rarely found within the industry. Michelle also happens to have been born a blue blood - she's an Austrian Countess.
