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Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking

Manu Chopra

Accomplished screenwriter, producer with a successful movie, TV, Advertising and Radio career spanning Canada and Asia.
Co-wrote DR. CABBIE, starring Kunal Nayyar (Big Bang Theory) and Vinay Virmani (Breakaway), which broke the record for a box office opening and became Canada’s second highest grossing movie that year.
Associate Producer and Executive Creative Consultant on LITTLE ITALY starring Hayden Christensen and Emma Roberts.
Creative Consultant on Good Karma Productions’ digital series BAGS 2 RICHES which profiled Canadian immigrant success stories.
Highly successful advertising career with several years at top 10 global advertising agency GREY WORLDWIDE, Mumbai as Executive Creative Director, Grey Indonesia.
Head Writer with Asia’s premier music channel, CHANNEL [V]. Conceptualized and wrote some of its most successful shows including the first ever first Channel [V] Music Awards featuring Led Zeppelin, Bryan Adams, Roger Taylor of Queen and several international and Bollywood celebrities. His stint there got him a mention in TIME MAGAZINE.
Wrote a Bollywood movie starring several A-listers and is currently writing a major one again.Worked at COSSETTE – Canada’s largest ad agency, on the 2010 Winter Olympics, Tourism British Columbia, McDonalds and BCLC. Was a panellist on the WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL and a judge and board member of iSAFF since 2015.

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