Warren Chaney
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Warren Herbert Chaney, Ph.D. (born November 3, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American executive, author, filmmaker, behavioral scientist, entertainer, businessman and a pioneer in early television. In a career spanning four decades, Chaney wrote fifteen books, fourteen screenplays, and seventy-eight professional and nonprofessional magazine and journal articles. He wrote nine songs used in feature films and eight for theatrical productions. From 1978 to 1994, he wrote entries for Collier's Encyclopedia
, considered by Kister's Best Encyclopedias, to be the best written of the commercial encyclopedias. Chaney produced ten motion pictures, wrote fourteen and directed nine. He is probably best known for his films America: A Call to Greatness
starring Charlton Heston
, Mickey Rooney
, and Peter Graves
; Behind the Mask (1992 film)
starring Roy Alan Wilson and Deborah Winters
; Aloha Summer
starring Chris Makepeace
, Don Michael Paul
and Tia Carrere
, and the pioneering 60s television series, Magic Mansion
. He worked professionally as an entertainer during his college and young adult years eventually serving on the board of directors for Vent Haven Museum
, the board of advisors for the International Ventriloquists' Association eventually receiving the Order of Merlin award from the International Brotherhood of Magicians
.
During a lengthy business and academic career, Chaney established the first University Health Services Administration program for the state of Texas, served on multiple boards of directors and advisory boards of public companies and is considered a leader in the field of self-directed neuroplastic development of cognitive functions
.
Chaney's film and television work won awards at the New York Film Festival, Houston World Fest and an Emmy for the production opening of his Y2K – World in Crisis
miniseries. He won best director, producer, and screenplay awards at the CineCon, Critics' Choice and American Cinema Awards.
Chaney retired from film and television in 1975 and presently serves as CEO (Chief Executive Officer
) for the Mind Technologies Institute.
, the son of Herbert and Izetta Chaney. His father was a coal miner and later in life, a barber
. His mother was an early 1900s' Nebraska
and Kentucky
schoolteacher and spent most of her adult life in public education
. Chaney lived briefly in the small towns of St. Charles, Kentucky
and Springfield, Tennessee
but grew up from the age of five in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
. He carried newspapers for the Kentucky New Era
from age 11 to 17 and credits the experience as valuable training for his adult life.
Chaney became an accomplished ventriloquist, magician and entertainer at a young age and used his entertainment skills to work his way through college. Upon graduation he became a direct commission officer
in the United States Army
.
from Austin Peay State University
, graduating in 1964 with degrees in Marketing and Speech and Theatre. In 1968 he received an MBA (Master of Business Administration
) with a concentration in finance
and management
from St. Mary's University, Texas
. He received a Ph.D.
(Doctor of Philosophy
) degree from the University of North Texas
in 1974 in the fields of management
and behavioral science. Chaney became the University's "Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient" in 2009.
assignment in the United States Army
and served in multiple military commands during the Vietnam Era
including tours in Europe and Asia. In addition to regular wartime military assignments, he intermittently used his entertainment talents in other armed forces endeavors. In 1965, a then - 1st Lieutenant Chaney entered and won top honors at an All Army Talent Contest. The top winners were formed into an All Army Entertainment production unit that toured and performed at military installations countries throughout Europe and Asia. Lt. Chaney was selected to be the OIC (Officer in Charge). During the tour, he often left the regular show and traveled to remote outposts in Vietnam
and Thailand
to perform. It is estimated that he gave 300 performances in Vietnam alone. Following his Asian tour, Chaney was promoted to Captain (OF-2)
and recruited to write, direct and coproduce an AFRTS Network sitcom television series, Magic Mansion
. During the series he wrote, directed and coproduced all of the 120 episodes.
Chaney's final tour of duty
initiated his academic career when he was assigned as an instructor to the Department of Army's Academy of Health Science located at Fort Sam Houston
. The Academy was situated near near the Brooke Army Medical Center
and housed Baylor University
's program in Health Services Administration. While stationed here, Chaney wrote three books on the handling of medical material and produced multiple film and television projects for the United States Department of Army, Surgeon General's Office. It was during this tour of duty that Chaney received an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) from St. Mary's University. In late 1969, Chaney was honorably discharged receiving the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
, and entered civilian life.
from 1965 until 1967. During this period, he wrote his first book, The Human Factor, a technical manual detailing the collection, handling, storage and shipment of whole blood. In October 1967, he was reassigned to the United States Department of the Army
's Academy of Health Science at Fort Sam Houston
. During this assignment, he wrote two additional books pertaining to medical material. In 1973, during his doctorate years, Chaney completed an unusual statistical study of the widely used reinstatement remedy under the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB). He surveyed and reported on 100% of all terminations falling under the NLRB's District 16 demonstrating that the long-standing law had failed. His study was published in 1974 by the Labor Law Journal
making him one of the few non-attorneys ever published in that Law Review. Eight years later, he followed with a second follow-up study and 100% survey of the same NLRB District. Once more the Labor Law Journal
published his work which in turn led to a request and later publication of a special study for the United States Congressional Special Sub-Committee On Labor-Management Relations. The three publications were considered groundbreaking and were continually referenced in other publications for decades afterward. The studies have continued to be used as reference material into the 21st Century.
Chaney co-authored his fourth book, The Union Epidemic, during his tenure as a professor of the University of Houston at Clear Lake City
. It was one of the first anti-union books dealing with the potential danger posed by growing unions within the healthcare industry. Chaney wrote 58 journal and/or magazine articles from 1968 until 1982. He was the Editor
of the Health Care Communiqué, published quarterly by the Southwest Federation of Academic Disciplines from 1976 until 1978.
From 1999 until 2005, Chaney wrote eight additional books and another 28 articles. During this interval he also wrote fourteen screenplays and innumerable broadcast television projects, commercials and infomercials. He joined the Mind Technologies Institute as its CEO in 2005 and since then has written four books and multiple journal and magazine articles.
, Chaney taught management
and marketing
classes at the University of North Texas
. He received some notoriety and national press when he organized students in his marketing research
classes to develop working international business models for acquiring goods in Mexico
for resale in the United States
. The student classes would then travel to Mexico
and back with their grades dependent upon the profit earned from their endeavors. Following graduation, The Western Company of North America
hired Chaney as their National Director of Organizational Development and he remained with them until late 1974 when he left for a career in management consulting
and Academia
. He became one of the founding professors for the new University of Houston at Clear Lake City
where he obtained tenure
while establishing a separate management consulting
practice. He conducted business seminars and taught graduate level classes in Health Care Administration, Management
and Marketing
. While there, Chaney initiated and helped establish the first Texas State university program in Health Care Administration. He published continuously, becoming the Editor for the Health Care Communiqué from 1976 to 1978 (published by the Health Care Administration Division of the American Academy of Management
).
Independent of academia
, Chaney managed an independent management consulting
practice from the late 60s until 1989. His clients consisted of large companies and organizations including NASA
, AT&T
, Humana
, Diamond Shamrock (now Valero Energy Corporation) and the Celanese Corporation amongst others.
During his years of management consulting
, Chaney owned and managed multiple businesses including a film lab, newspaper and a series of health clubs. In 1985, he worked closely with his Joe Weider
and Lloyd Lambert (President of Dynacam Industries) to stage the first Ms. Olympia
women's bodybuilding competition (held in Philadelphia, PA). Chaney and Weider became friends and afterwards, Chaney wrote frequent articles for many of the Weider publications. Years later, in 1995, Joe Weider
would make a rare public appearance in Chaney's American docudrama
, America: A Call to Greatness
.
In 1980, he joined a family friend in the production of a motion picture in Hawaii, Aloha Summer
. By 1983, citing burnout, Chaney sold his consulting practice and businesses and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film.
sitcom for the AFRTS Network titled Magic Mansion
. The series ran for 120 episodes during which the young 22-year-old 1st Lieutenant wrote, directed and coproduced all of them. The program broadcast live for 79 of those episodes becoming the last dramatic show to perform live and one of the first to transfer filming to the newly invented medium of videotape. Near the end of the second broadcast season, Chaney received military transfer orders and so during the final months of the shows, he wrote, directed and produced two shows a week to provide AFRTS a Season Three. The taped broadcasts were later rerun throughout Europe and Asia.
During his final military assignment, Chaney was attached to the Dept. of Army's Academy of Health Science where he produced, directed and acting in a number of films and television productions for the Department of Army. His career in Hollywood began in 1980 when he Executive Produced his first feature, Aloha Summer
. Chaney relocated to Los Angeles in early 1983 where he wrote for film and television while occasionally producing his own features. The Lamp (film)
was produced in 1986 followed by a sequel, The Outing (film)
in 1987. He wrote and produced Into the Spider's Web
in 1989 and The Hidden Jungle
in 1991. This was followed by a children's comedy horror film, Haunted (1991 film)
in 92 and a western, The Broken Spur (1992)
. He wrote and directed a series of other films during the 90s including the six-hour miniseries, Behind the Mask (1992 film)
. In 1994, Chaney wrote, directed and produced America: A Call to Greatness
starring Charlton Heston
, Mickey Rooney
, Deborah Winters
, Peter Graves
and Rita Moreno
. The film also stared Gene Autry
in the western actor/singer's final film performance.
Chaney returned to television production in 1999 and 2000 writing and directing the Y2K – World in Crisis
series with Hugh O'Brian
, Richard Anderson
, Dick Van Patten
, Richard Roundtree
and Deborah Winters
. He continued writing, directing and producing in the medium, gradually moving into the realm of commercials. After 25 years in film and television, Chaney retired from the industry in 2005 and returned to work in his doctoral field of behavioral sciences. In November 2005, Chaney was hired as CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the Mind Technologies Institute.
(CEO of the Mind Technologies Institute, a research organization specializing in the study of the brain, it's care and influence in major areas of cognitive performance. The Institute's endeavors were similar to Chaney's doctorate and earlier consulting and academic research areas. He directed the company into new neuroscience studies of self-directed neuroplasticity
, creating private and public workshops for dissemination of new discoveries. His work in self-directed neuroplasticity is widely published and had drawn the attention of major academic institutions. His work in developing field of Audio Brain Stimulation (ABS) is considered groundbreaking by some in the field of medicine. Starting in 2005, Chaney wrote two books incorporating the emerging field of self-directed neuroplasticity
that were published in 2007 and an additional one in 2009.
As the turn of the decade in 2001, Chaney continues to write and speak publicly on self-directed neuroplasticity
, brain health and development. He presently leads several teams of trained instructors conducting corporate, organizational and public workshops throughout the United States.
and WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. The awards include those for best director and screenplay at the Versailles Film Festival; and CineCon Film Festival. His television miniseries Y2K – World in Crisis
received an Emmy Award
for its opening sequence in 1999. Chaney's book on which the series was based was credited by CBS News
in 2000 as being partly responsible for U.S. industry's successful transition to the new century. Chaney has been featured on national television including ABC
's Good Morning America
, NBC
's Real People
, PM Magazine
, the ABC Radio Network, and the weekend CBS Evening News
. On August 4, 1992, Houston Mayor Bob Lanier (politician)
, issued a proclamation naming that day as Behind the Mask Day in honor of Chaney's Behind the Mask (1992 film)
.
North Texas University granted Chaney its Outstanding Alumni Award on August 3, 2009. He was elected as President of the Bay Area Christian Baseball Association, a youth charity, for three terms from 1999 until 2001. Chaney has been elected to public and private boards of directors including the Dynamic Media Corporation, Profit Financial Corporation, The Adoodle/Noxo Corporation, Frontier GeoSciences (now Frontier Global Sciences), and the Mind Technologies Institute.
Chaney received recognition listings in various Marquis Who's Who
and Hanover publications' "non-paid" biographical indexes including Who's Who In The South And Southwest, Who's Who In Health Care, and The International Biographers' Index. From 1980 to 1983, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Vent Haven Museum
and in 2006 was awarded the "Order of Merlin" by the International Brotherhood of Magicians
.
stations and networks along with occasional internet commentary.
was initially panned with Richard Harrington of the Washington Post writing that, "It was "stupid and senseless, and the special effects look as if they were shot on a family's weekly shopping budget." However in recent years, the film developed somewhat of a cult following. On the other hand Hal Erickson writing for Rovi said of Chaney's Hawaiian film, Aloha Summer
, "Aloha Summer is a magnificently photographed delight for surf-movie aficionados." Winston Aaronson of Screen Times said the film is "well directed and extremely well written." Verna Schroder of The Sun News wrote, "the film is emotionally moving." Some reviewers cautioned that the historic nature of the film possibly made it too religious or conservative for some audiences.
Chaney is considered one of television's early pioneers for his work in the 60s AFRTS series Magic Mansion
Net News Daily
writing of Chaney's early work on Magic Mansion
stated, "Magic Mansion" was much more than a children's' show presented by the Armed Forces Radio & Television Network. It remains an important memory for many of the children of the Viet Nam era whose parents were stationed abroad." Thirty seven years after Magic Mansion
ended, the daughter of a military family stationed near the shows production facility wrote in the news and events section of Blurp Wire, "I once saw Warren Chaney and Harriett (the shows co-star) at a military commissary. They were swamped by kids and fans. Adults too. What impressed me even then, was how kindly the two treated their fans. They signed autographs for over an hour, talked with the children and so on. I realize now, they were just there shopping."
Chaney has been credited for helping others further their career due to his active mentorship and willingness to provide newcomers a career opportunity. His film's screen credits regularly included credits for film interns and production assistant
s. Actress Tia Carrere
(Wayne's World
, True Lies
and Rising Sun
has credited Chaney with her discovery in a grocery store that led to a lead role in Aloha Summer
. Likewise actors Rutherford Cravens
, Hunter Lee Hughes, and character actress Kathy Lamkin (No Country for Old Men
, Friday Night Lights (TV series)
credit their initial film break to Chaneyl. Scott Bankston, film producer of 50 First Dates
began his career with a starring role in Chaney's The Outing
. Film and television crew members such as three time Emmy winning television producer Michelle Fitzgerald and the special effects makeup artist
team of Phillip and Melissa Nichols(Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Rushmore (film)
and Arlington Road
), have acknowledged the same. Chaney and Lloyd Lambert, CEO of Dynacam Industries collaborated to bring a Texas female bodybuilder newcomer, Rachel Mclish
to compete in the first Ms. Olympia
bodybuilding contest where she won the 1980 inaugural competition.
. They have five children and lived in California before relocating to Texas in 1986. Chaney's hobbies and interests are varied and appear to reflect his career, film, television and publication activities.
Chaney is a chess player and avid filmgoer with a penchant for western themed films. He writes music, plays the banjo and enjoys theatre. Chaney continues to maintain an interest in magic (prestidigitation) and ventriloquism
and is a long time member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He is an avid reader and maintains a sizable library. Chaney is an ardent baseball
fan and for three years was elected president of the Bay Area Christian Baseball Association in Houston, Texas. His business partner Scott Sheldon
, is a former professional baseball player for over 16 years.
From 1983 until 1986, Chaney faced multiple litigation charges emanating from a 1982 sale of one of the Chaney companies. Eleven months following its sale, the company filed bankruptcy and investor civil charges including charges from the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and a U.S. Attorney's office in Eastern Kentucky. In a lengthy trial, Chaney and his brother were cleared of all charges, won all pending litigation during which the SEC abruptly dropped all charges. Chaney worked with investors of the company who had lost money to form class action
litigation in order that assets reclaimed from the bankrupt company by Chaney could be returned to the investors for their benefit.
Chaney is a Sherlockian member of the John Openshaw Chapter of the Baker Street Irregulars
and the Editor of the monthly Sherlock Holmes
society publication, The Pip's Log from 1979 until 1983. He is a painter and sculptor and in 1981, his sculpted Sherlock Holmes
bronze was presented to the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. In 2004 it was sent to America as part of a larger Sherlock Holmes
Collection, sponsored by the University of Minnesota
libraries. He is an artist and his work frequently appears on the internet
and in various publications.
Chaney is active in church and affiliated activities and often engages in Christian educational activities. He has written two books and two second-editions reflecting his faith. He has written and directed theatrical plays whose themes were faith related.
for various publications as well as contributing to various magazine and journals. His articles appear to cover a wide array of subject material. Some were technical while others were topic based or short stories. Aside from books, articles, professional papers and editorial commentary, Chaney frequently contributed chapters to books written by others.
Collier's Encyclopedia
P.F. Collier & Son Company published Collier's New Encyclopedia from 1902–1929, initially in 16 volumes and later in 10 volumes.Collier's 11 volume National Encyclopedia replaced Collier's New Encyclopedia....
, considered by Kister's Best Encyclopedias, to be the best written of the commercial encyclopedias. Chaney produced ten motion pictures, wrote fourteen and directed nine. He is probably best known for his films America: A Call to Greatness
America: A Call to Greatness
America: A Call to Greatness is a 1995 docudrama feature from Paige-Brace Cinema, chronicling United States history from its inception through the 20th century. It stars Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Deborah Winters, Peter Graves, Jane Russell, and Rita Moreno among others and was written,...
starring Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...
, Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...
, and Peter Graves
Peter Graves
Peter Graves may refer to:* Peter Graves , American actor* Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves , English actor and peer* Peter Graves , English cricketer...
; Behind the Mask (1992 film)
Behind the Mask (1992 film)
Behind the Mask is a Sandpiper Productions 1992 film, released by Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer in 1998. The production utilized a new emerging 3-D film technology for television at the time of its filming. The film was written and directed by Warren...
starring Roy Alan Wilson and Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters is an American actress and businesswoman. Winters is probably most remembered for her roles in Kotch, The People Next Door, Class of '44, and The Winds of War...
; Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer is a 1988 comedy-drama film about a group of teenagers and their experiences one summer in Hawaii. The film was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and stars Chris Makepeace, Yuji Okumoto, Tia Carrere and Don Michael Paul.-Plot:...
starring Chris Makepeace
Chris Makepeace
- Life and career :Makepeace was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Doreen and Harry Makepeace. He began his acting career in a 1974 Canadian television special, The Ottawa Valley. His next role was in 1979's Canadian comedy, Meatballs, in which he starred opposite Bill Murray, playing one of the...
, Don Michael Paul
Don Michael Paul
Don Michael Paul, is an actor, director, writer and producer.He starred in the movie Heart of Dixie and "Rich Girl " with Jill Schoelen. He wrote the screenplay for Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. He was one of three brothers in the short-lived 1992 CBS detective series The Hat Squad...
and Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere is an American actress, model, voice artist, and singer, perhaps most widely known for her role as Cassandra Wong in the feature films Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2, Queen Tyr'ahnee in Duck Dodgers, and as Sydney Fox in the TV series Relic Hunter.-Early life:Carrere was born in...
, and the pioneering 60s television series, Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion is an American sitcom that broadcast on the AFRTS television network from January 8, 1965, until June 1, 1968. Its weekly programs were televised live before a studio audience. The sitcom was transitional for television because it was one of the last live non-variety show broadcasts...
. He worked professionally as an entertainer during his college and young adult years eventually serving on the board of directors for Vent Haven Museum
Vent Haven Museum
Vent Haven Museum is the world's only museum of ventriloquial figures and memorabilia. The museum is in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, just 5 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio....
, the board of advisors for the International Ventriloquists' Association eventually receiving the Order of Merlin award from the International Brotherhood of Magicians
International Brotherhood of Magicians
International Brotherhood of Magicians is the world's largest organization for professional and amateur magicians, with approximately 15,000 members worldwide. The headquarters is in St...
.
During a lengthy business and academic career, Chaney established the first University Health Services Administration program for the state of Texas, served on multiple boards of directors and advisory boards of public companies and is considered a leader in the field of self-directed neuroplastic development of cognitive functions
Cognitive functions
In some forms of psychological testing, particularly those related to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the cognitive functions are defined as different ways of perceiving and judging the world...
.
Chaney's film and television work won awards at the New York Film Festival, Houston World Fest and an Emmy for the production opening of his Y2K – World in Crisis
Y2K – World in Crisis
Y2K – A World in Crisis is a 1999 documentary television series produced by Studio W and Warren Chaney Productions for network and cable broadcast. The series was written and directed by Warren Chaney and starred Hugh O'Brian, Dick Van Patten, Richard Anderson, Richard Roundtree and Deborah...
miniseries. He won best director, producer, and screenplay awards at the CineCon, Critics' Choice and American Cinema Awards.
Chaney retired from film and television in 1975 and presently serves as CEO (Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
) for the Mind Technologies Institute.
Early life
Warren Chaney was born in Louisville, KentuckyLouisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, the son of Herbert and Izetta Chaney. His father was a coal miner and later in life, a barber
Barber
A barber is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, and to shave or trim the beards of men. The place of work of a barber is generally called a barbershop....
. His mother was an early 1900s' Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
and Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
schoolteacher and spent most of her adult life in public education
Public education
State schools, also known in the United States and Canada as public schools,In much of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, the terms 'public education', 'public school' and 'independent school' are used for private schools, that is, schools...
. Chaney lived briefly in the small towns of St. Charles, Kentucky
St. Charles, Kentucky
St. Charles is a city in Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 309 at the 2000 census.-Geography:St. Charles is located at ....
and Springfield, Tennessee
Springfield, Tennessee
Springfield is a city in Robertson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 14,329 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Robertson County.-Geography:Springfield is located at ....
but grew up from the age of five in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Hopkinsville is a city in Christian County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 31,577 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Christian County.- History :...
. He carried newspapers for the Kentucky New Era
Kentucky New Era
The Kentucky New Era is the major daily newspaper in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in the United States.- History :The paper was founded in 1869 by John D. Morris and Asher Graham Caruth, as the Weekly Kentucky New Era....
from age 11 to 17 and credits the experience as valuable training for his adult life.
Chaney became an accomplished ventriloquist, magician and entertainer at a young age and used his entertainment skills to work his way through college. Upon graduation he became a direct commission officer
Direct commission officer
A direct commission officer is a uniformed officer who has received a commission without the typical prerequisites for achieving a commission, such as a four year service academy, a four year or two year college ROTC program, or one of the officer candidate school or officer training school...
in the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
.
Education
Chaney earned a double major Bachelors of ScienceBachelors Of Science
Bachelors of Science is the stage name of Phil "Rene", Chris and Lukeino. They met in California and formed a successful act, quickly becoming one of the top drum and bass producers in the electronic music scene...
from Austin Peay State University
Austin Peay State University
Austin Peay State University is a four-year public university located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .-History:...
, graduating in 1964 with degrees in Marketing and Speech and Theatre. In 1968 he received an MBA (Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
) with a concentration in finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
and management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
from St. Mary's University, Texas
St. Mary's University, Texas
St. Mary's University is a Catholic and Marianist liberal arts institution located on northwest of downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. St. Mary’s is a nationally recognized master’s level school ranked among the top colleges in the west for best value and academic reputation by U.S. News...
. He received a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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(Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
) degree from the University of North Texas
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
in 1974 in the fields of management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
and behavioral science. Chaney became the University's "Outstanding Alumni Award Recipient" in 2009.
Careers
Military career (1964–1969)
Chaney received a direct commission officerDirect commission officer
A direct commission officer is a uniformed officer who has received a commission without the typical prerequisites for achieving a commission, such as a four year service academy, a four year or two year college ROTC program, or one of the officer candidate school or officer training school...
assignment in the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
and served in multiple military commands during the Vietnam Era
Vietnam Era
Vietnam Era is a term used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to classify veterans of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Era is a considered to have begun in 1964 and ended in 1975. The U.S. Congress, U.S...
including tours in Europe and Asia. In addition to regular wartime military assignments, he intermittently used his entertainment talents in other armed forces endeavors. In 1965, a then - 1st Lieutenant Chaney entered and won top honors at an All Army Talent Contest. The top winners were formed into an All Army Entertainment production unit that toured and performed at military installations countries throughout Europe and Asia. Lt. Chaney was selected to be the OIC (Officer in Charge). During the tour, he often left the regular show and traveled to remote outposts in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
to perform. It is estimated that he gave 300 performances in Vietnam alone. Following his Asian tour, Chaney was promoted to Captain (OF-2)
Captain (OF-2)
The army rank of captain is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to command of a company of soldiers. The rank is also used by some air forces and marine forces. Today a captain is typically either the commander or second-in-command of a company or artillery battery...
and recruited to write, direct and coproduce an AFRTS Network sitcom television series, Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion is an American sitcom that broadcast on the AFRTS television network from January 8, 1965, until June 1, 1968. Its weekly programs were televised live before a studio audience. The sitcom was transitional for television because it was one of the last live non-variety show broadcasts...
. During the series he wrote, directed and coproduced all of the 120 episodes.
Chaney's final tour of duty
Tour of duty
In the Navy, a tour of duty is a period of time spent performing operational duties at sea, including combat, performing patrol or fleet duties, or assigned to service in a foreign country....
initiated his academic career when he was assigned as an instructor to the Department of Army's Academy of Health Science located at Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas.Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the first President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston....
. The Academy was situated near near the Brooke Army Medical Center
Brooke Army Medical Center
Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio is part of the United States Army Medical Command. It is a University of Texas Health Science Center and USUHS teaching hospital and contains the Army Burn Center....
and housed Baylor University
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
's program in Health Services Administration. While stationed here, Chaney wrote three books on the handling of medical material and produced multiple film and television projects for the United States Department of Army, Surgeon General's Office. It was during this tour of duty that Chaney received an MBA (Masters of Business Administration) from St. Mary's University. In late 1969, Chaney was honorably discharged receiving the Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-valorous military and civilian decoration of the United States military which is issued for exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United...
, and entered civilian life.
Writing career (1967—)
Warren Chaney embarked on a writing career amidst his military service when he wrote all 120 episodes of the AFRTS Network production, Magic MansionMagic Mansion
Magic Mansion is an American sitcom that broadcast on the AFRTS television network from January 8, 1965, until June 1, 1968. Its weekly programs were televised live before a studio audience. The sitcom was transitional for television because it was one of the last live non-variety show broadcasts...
from 1965 until 1967. During this period, he wrote his first book, The Human Factor, a technical manual detailing the collection, handling, storage and shipment of whole blood. In October 1967, he was reassigned to the United States Department of the Army
United States Department of the Army
The Department of the Army is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency which the United States Army is organized within, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has...
's Academy of Health Science at Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas.Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the first President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston....
. During this assignment, he wrote two additional books pertaining to medical material. In 1973, during his doctorate years, Chaney completed an unusual statistical study of the widely used reinstatement remedy under the National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of...
(NLRB). He surveyed and reported on 100% of all terminations falling under the NLRB's District 16 demonstrating that the long-standing law had failed. His study was published in 1974 by the Labor Law Journal
Labor Law Journal
The Labor Law Journal is a journal which publishes articles regarding labor law, labor-management relations, and labor economics in the United States....
making him one of the few non-attorneys ever published in that Law Review. Eight years later, he followed with a second follow-up study and 100% survey of the same NLRB District. Once more the Labor Law Journal
Labor Law Journal
The Labor Law Journal is a journal which publishes articles regarding labor law, labor-management relations, and labor economics in the United States....
published his work which in turn led to a request and later publication of a special study for the United States Congressional Special Sub-Committee On Labor-Management Relations. The three publications were considered groundbreaking and were continually referenced in other publications for decades afterward. The studies have continued to be used as reference material into the 21st Century.
Chaney co-authored his fourth book, The Union Epidemic, during his tenure as a professor of the University of Houston at Clear Lake City
University of Houston–Clear Lake
The University of Houston–Clear Lake is a state university, and is a component institution of the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 524-acre in Pasadena, with a satellite campus in Pearland. Founded in 1971, UHCL has an enrollment of more than 8,000 students...
. It was one of the first anti-union books dealing with the potential danger posed by growing unions within the healthcare industry. Chaney wrote 58 journal and/or magazine articles from 1968 until 1982. He was the Editor
Editor
The term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
of the Health Care Communiqué, published quarterly by the Southwest Federation of Academic Disciplines from 1976 until 1978.
From 1999 until 2005, Chaney wrote eight additional books and another 28 articles. During this interval he also wrote fourteen screenplays and innumerable broadcast television projects, commercials and infomercials. He joined the Mind Technologies Institute as its CEO in 2005 and since then has written four books and multiple journal and magazine articles.
Business Consulting and Academic career (1970–1983)
While pursuing a doctorateDoctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
, Chaney taught management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
and marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
classes at the University of North Texas
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
. He received some notoriety and national press when he organized students in his marketing research
Marketing research
Marketing research is "the function that links the consumer, customer, and public to the marketer through information — information used to identify and define marketing opportunities and problems; generate, refine, and evaluate marketing actions; monitor marketing performance; and improve...
classes to develop working international business models for acquiring goods in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
for resale in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The student classes would then travel to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and back with their grades dependent upon the profit earned from their endeavors. Following graduation, The Western Company of North America
Western Company of North America
From the 1940s through the 1980s, The Western Company of North America was one of the pioneers of the "acidizing process," a method of improving the flow from gas and oil wells....
hired Chaney as their National Director of Organizational Development and he remained with them until late 1974 when he left for a career in management consulting
Management consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
and Academia
Academia
Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...
. He became one of the founding professors for the new University of Houston at Clear Lake City
University of Houston–Clear Lake
The University of Houston–Clear Lake is a state university, and is a component institution of the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 524-acre in Pasadena, with a satellite campus in Pearland. Founded in 1971, UHCL has an enrollment of more than 8,000 students...
where he obtained tenure
Tenure
Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior academic's contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause.-19th century:...
while establishing a separate management consulting
Management consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
practice. He conducted business seminars and taught graduate level classes in Health Care Administration, Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
and Marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
. While there, Chaney initiated and helped establish the first Texas State university program in Health Care Administration. He published continuously, becoming the Editor for the Health Care Communiqué from 1976 to 1978 (published by the Health Care Administration Division of the American Academy of Management
Academy of Management
The Academy of Management is a professional association for scholars dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations. The Academy of Management was established in 1936...
).
Independent of academia
Academia
Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...
, Chaney managed an independent management consulting
Management consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
practice from the late 60s until 1989. His clients consisted of large companies and organizations including NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
, AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
, Humana
Humana
Humana Inc. , founded in 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky, is a Fortune 100 company that markets and administers health insurance. With a customer base of over 11.5 million in the United States, the company is the largest Fortune 100 company headquartered in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and has a...
, Diamond Shamrock (now Valero Energy Corporation) and the Celanese Corporation amongst others.
During his years of management consulting
Management consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
, Chaney owned and managed multiple businesses including a film lab, newspaper and a series of health clubs. In 1985, he worked closely with his Joe Weider
Joe Weider
Josef E. "Joe" Weider is co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders along with brother Ben Weider and creator of the Mr. Olympia, the Ms. Olympia, and the now-defunct Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests...
and Lloyd Lambert (President of Dynacam Industries) to stage the first Ms. Olympia
Ms. Olympia
Ms. Olympia is the title given to the winner of the women's bodybuilding portion of Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend - an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually by the International Federation of BodyBuilders . It was first held in 1980, and since 2000 it has been held at the same...
women's bodybuilding competition (held in Philadelphia, PA). Chaney and Weider became friends and afterwards, Chaney wrote frequent articles for many of the Weider publications. Years later, in 1995, Joe Weider
Joe Weider
Josef E. "Joe" Weider is co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders along with brother Ben Weider and creator of the Mr. Olympia, the Ms. Olympia, and the now-defunct Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests...
would make a rare public appearance in Chaney's American docudrama
Docudrama
In film, television programming and staged theatre, docudrama is a documentary-style genre that features dramatized re-enactments of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction....
, America: A Call to Greatness
America: A Call to Greatness
America: A Call to Greatness is a 1995 docudrama feature from Paige-Brace Cinema, chronicling United States history from its inception through the 20th century. It stars Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Deborah Winters, Peter Graves, Jane Russell, and Rita Moreno among others and was written,...
.
In 1980, he joined a family friend in the production of a motion picture in Hawaii, Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer is a 1988 comedy-drama film about a group of teenagers and their experiences one summer in Hawaii. The film was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and stars Chris Makepeace, Yuji Okumoto, Tia Carrere and Don Michael Paul.-Plot:...
. By 1983, citing burnout, Chaney sold his consulting practice and businesses and relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film.
Film and Television Career (1980–2005)
Chaney's initial experience in film and television occurred in 1965 when he developed a weekly children's television seriesChildren's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
sitcom for the AFRTS Network titled Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion is an American sitcom that broadcast on the AFRTS television network from January 8, 1965, until June 1, 1968. Its weekly programs were televised live before a studio audience. The sitcom was transitional for television because it was one of the last live non-variety show broadcasts...
. The series ran for 120 episodes during which the young 22-year-old 1st Lieutenant wrote, directed and coproduced all of them. The program broadcast live for 79 of those episodes becoming the last dramatic show to perform live and one of the first to transfer filming to the newly invented medium of videotape. Near the end of the second broadcast season, Chaney received military transfer orders and so during the final months of the shows, he wrote, directed and produced two shows a week to provide AFRTS a Season Three. The taped broadcasts were later rerun throughout Europe and Asia.
During his final military assignment, Chaney was attached to the Dept. of Army's Academy of Health Science where he produced, directed and acting in a number of films and television productions for the Department of Army. His career in Hollywood began in 1980 when he Executive Produced his first feature, Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer is a 1988 comedy-drama film about a group of teenagers and their experiences one summer in Hawaii. The film was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and stars Chris Makepeace, Yuji Okumoto, Tia Carrere and Don Michael Paul.-Plot:...
. Chaney relocated to Los Angeles in early 1983 where he wrote for film and television while occasionally producing his own features. The Lamp (film)
The Lamp (film)
The Lamp is a 1986 horror parody film written and produced by Warren Chaney and directed by Tom Daley. It stars Deborah Winters, James Huston, Andra St. Ivani and Scott Bankston. The film was produced by HIT Films and released by Skouras Films. The original movie from Skouras ran 104 minutes but...
was produced in 1986 followed by a sequel, The Outing (film)
The Outing (film)
The Outing is a 1987 horror film that is an edited and shortend version of the original motion picture, titled The Lamp . The picture was written and produced by Warren Chaney, directed by Tom Daley, and stars Deborah Winters and James Huston...
in 1987. He wrote and produced Into the Spider's Web
Into the Spider's Web
Into the Spider’s Web is a 1988 American adventure film made for children. It was directed by Steve McCurdy, produced by Warren Chaney and stars Chuck Stockdale, Robert Shafer, Jessica Avery and Luis Lemus. The Executive Producer was Beverly Wilson and the film’s production company was Sandpiper...
in 1989 and The Hidden Jungle
The Hidden Jungle
The Hidden Jungle is an American children’s adventure film directed by Steve McCurdy, written and produced by Warren Chaney and released in 1990. The film stars Chuck Stockdale, Damon Merrill, Charles Charpiot, Lesley Chaney and Dennis Frost, Jr. The Executive Producer was Beverly Wilson and the...
in 1991. This was followed by a children's comedy horror film, Haunted (1991 film)
Haunted (1991 film)
Haunted is a children’s comedy-horror film produced by Sandpiper Productions in 1989 and 1990 and released in 1991. It was written and produced by Warren Chaney and directed by John Magyar...
in 92 and a western, The Broken Spur (1992)
The Broken Spur (1992)
The Broken Spur ' is a Sandpiper Productions western film released by the Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and re-released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1998. The production, shot as a 3-D film was written and directed by Warren Chaney. Beverly Wilson was the Executive Producer and...
. He wrote and directed a series of other films during the 90s including the six-hour miniseries, Behind the Mask (1992 film)
Behind the Mask (1992 film)
Behind the Mask is a Sandpiper Productions 1992 film, released by Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer in 1998. The production utilized a new emerging 3-D film technology for television at the time of its filming. The film was written and directed by Warren...
. In 1994, Chaney wrote, directed and produced America: A Call to Greatness
America: A Call to Greatness
America: A Call to Greatness is a 1995 docudrama feature from Paige-Brace Cinema, chronicling United States history from its inception through the 20th century. It stars Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Deborah Winters, Peter Graves, Jane Russell, and Rita Moreno among others and was written,...
starring Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...
, Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...
, Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters is an American actress and businesswoman. Winters is probably most remembered for her roles in Kotch, The People Next Door, Class of '44, and The Winds of War...
, Peter Graves
Peter Graves
Peter Graves may refer to:* Peter Graves , American actor* Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves , English actor and peer* Peter Graves , English cricketer...
and Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress. She is the only Hispanic and one of the few performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, and was the second Puerto Rican to win an Academy Award....
. The film also stared Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
in the western actor/singer's final film performance.
Chaney returned to television production in 1999 and 2000 writing and directing the Y2K – World in Crisis
Y2K – World in Crisis
Y2K – A World in Crisis is a 1999 documentary television series produced by Studio W and Warren Chaney Productions for network and cable broadcast. The series was written and directed by Warren Chaney and starred Hugh O'Brian, Dick Van Patten, Richard Anderson, Richard Roundtree and Deborah...
series with Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian is an American actor, known for his starring role in the ABC television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp .-Early years and career:...
, Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson
Richard Norman Anderson is an American actor in film and television, known to TV audiences as Steve Austin's and Jaime Sommers' boss, Oscar Goldman, in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman TV series and their three subsequent TV movies: The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man...
, Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten
Richard Vincent "Dick" Van Patten is an American actor, best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the television sitcom Eight is Enough. He began work as a child actor and was successful on the [New York] stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager...
, Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree is an American actor and former fashion model. He is best known for his portrayal of private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and in its two sequels, Shaft's Big Score and Shaft in Africa .-Personal life:Born in New Rochelle, New York, Richard Roundtree graduated from...
and Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters is an American actress and businesswoman. Winters is probably most remembered for her roles in Kotch, The People Next Door, Class of '44, and The Winds of War...
. He continued writing, directing and producing in the medium, gradually moving into the realm of commercials. After 25 years in film and television, Chaney retired from the industry in 2005 and returned to work in his doctoral field of behavioral sciences. In November 2005, Chaney was hired as CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the Mind Technologies Institute.
Since 2005
In 2005, after 25 years in the industry, Warren Chaney retired from the film and television. Shorty afterwards, he took a position as Chief Executive OfficerChief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
(CEO of the Mind Technologies Institute, a research organization specializing in the study of the brain, it's care and influence in major areas of cognitive performance. The Institute's endeavors were similar to Chaney's doctorate and earlier consulting and academic research areas. He directed the company into new neuroscience studies of self-directed neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity is a non-specific neuroscience term referring to the ability of the brain and nervous system in all species to change structurally and functionally as a result of input from the environment. Plasticity occurs on a variety of levels, ranging from cellular changes involved in...
, creating private and public workshops for dissemination of new discoveries. His work in self-directed neuroplasticity is widely published and had drawn the attention of major academic institutions. His work in developing field of Audio Brain Stimulation (ABS) is considered groundbreaking by some in the field of medicine. Starting in 2005, Chaney wrote two books incorporating the emerging field of self-directed neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity is a non-specific neuroscience term referring to the ability of the brain and nervous system in all species to change structurally and functionally as a result of input from the environment. Plasticity occurs on a variety of levels, ranging from cellular changes involved in...
that were published in 2007 and an additional one in 2009.
As the turn of the decade in 2001, Chaney continues to write and speak publicly on self-directed neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity
Neuroplasticity is a non-specific neuroscience term referring to the ability of the brain and nervous system in all species to change structurally and functionally as a result of input from the environment. Plasticity occurs on a variety of levels, ranging from cellular changes involved in...
, brain health and development. He presently leads several teams of trained instructors conducting corporate, organizational and public workshops throughout the United States.
Recognition
Warren Chaney has received recognition and won awards for his film and television work from the New York Film FestivalNew York Film Festival
The New York Film Festival has been a major film festival since it began in 1963 in New York. The films are selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center...
and WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. The awards include those for best director and screenplay at the Versailles Film Festival; and CineCon Film Festival. His television miniseries Y2K – World in Crisis
Y2K – World in Crisis
Y2K – A World in Crisis is a 1999 documentary television series produced by Studio W and Warren Chaney Productions for network and cable broadcast. The series was written and directed by Warren Chaney and starred Hugh O'Brian, Dick Van Patten, Richard Anderson, Richard Roundtree and Deborah...
received an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for its opening sequence in 1999. Chaney's book on which the series was based was credited by CBS News
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
in 2000 as being partly responsible for U.S. industry's successful transition to the new century. Chaney has been featured on national television including ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Real People
Real People
Real People is an NBC reality television series that aired from 1979 to 1984, on Wednesday and then Sunday nights. Its initial episodes aired live in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.-Synopsis:...
, PM Magazine
PM Magazine
PM/Evening Magazine was a television series with a news and entertainment format. It was syndicated to stations throughout the United States...
, the ABC Radio Network, and the weekend CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963....
. On August 4, 1992, Houston Mayor Bob Lanier (politician)
Bob Lanier (politician)
Bob Lanier is a businessman in the real estate industry who served as mayor of the city of Houston, Texas from 1992 to 1998...
, issued a proclamation naming that day as Behind the Mask Day in honor of Chaney's Behind the Mask (1992 film)
Behind the Mask (1992 film)
Behind the Mask is a Sandpiper Productions 1992 film, released by Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer in 1998. The production utilized a new emerging 3-D film technology for television at the time of its filming. The film was written and directed by Warren...
.
North Texas University granted Chaney its Outstanding Alumni Award on August 3, 2009. He was elected as President of the Bay Area Christian Baseball Association, a youth charity, for three terms from 1999 until 2001. Chaney has been elected to public and private boards of directors including the Dynamic Media Corporation, Profit Financial Corporation, The Adoodle/Noxo Corporation, Frontier GeoSciences (now Frontier Global Sciences), and the Mind Technologies Institute.
Chaney received recognition listings in various Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who, a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc., is the American publisher of a number of directories containing short biographies...
and Hanover publications' "non-paid" biographical indexes including Who's Who In The South And Southwest, Who's Who In Health Care, and The International Biographers' Index. From 1980 to 1983, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Vent Haven Museum
Vent Haven Museum
Vent Haven Museum is the world's only museum of ventriloquial figures and memorabilia. The museum is in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, just 5 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio....
and in 2006 was awarded the "Order of Merlin" by the International Brotherhood of Magicians
International Brotherhood of Magicians
International Brotherhood of Magicians is the world's largest organization for professional and amateur magicians, with approximately 15,000 members worldwide. The headquarters is in St...
.
Speeches, presentations and media discourse
Chaney has made frequent public appearances and delivered enumerable speeches and presentations during his lifetime. He has appeared in the national media engaging in personal and public discourse (see recognition). Since 2005, Chaney has conducted workshops nationally on cognition, memory, self-directed plasticity and brain heath. He continues to make appearances on various talk radioTalk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...
stations and networks along with occasional internet commentary.
Legacy
With a career that spanned over forty years, Warren Chaney produced copious published works including books, screenplays, feature films, broadcast and commercial television productions. Reviews have generally been favorable although he has received criticism His film, The OutingThe Outing
"The Outing" is the fifty-seventh episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. It is the 17th episode of the fourth season, and first aired on February 11, 1993.The line ".....
was initially panned with Richard Harrington of the Washington Post writing that, "It was "stupid and senseless, and the special effects look as if they were shot on a family's weekly shopping budget." However in recent years, the film developed somewhat of a cult following. On the other hand Hal Erickson writing for Rovi said of Chaney's Hawaiian film, Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer is a 1988 comedy-drama film about a group of teenagers and their experiences one summer in Hawaii. The film was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and stars Chris Makepeace, Yuji Okumoto, Tia Carrere and Don Michael Paul.-Plot:...
, "Aloha Summer is a magnificently photographed delight for surf-movie aficionados." Winston Aaronson of Screen Times said the film is "well directed and extremely well written." Verna Schroder of The Sun News wrote, "the film is emotionally moving." Some reviewers cautioned that the historic nature of the film possibly made it too religious or conservative for some audiences.
Chaney is considered one of television's early pioneers for his work in the 60s AFRTS series Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion is an American sitcom that broadcast on the AFRTS television network from January 8, 1965, until June 1, 1968. Its weekly programs were televised live before a studio audience. The sitcom was transitional for television because it was one of the last live non-variety show broadcasts...
Net News Daily
Net News Daily
Net News Daily is a British news website founded by Scott Campbell and Nathan Adam. The site covers a range of topics, such as technology and entertainment and includes a prominent interviews section...
writing of Chaney's early work on Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion is an American sitcom that broadcast on the AFRTS television network from January 8, 1965, until June 1, 1968. Its weekly programs were televised live before a studio audience. The sitcom was transitional for television because it was one of the last live non-variety show broadcasts...
stated, "Magic Mansion" was much more than a children's' show presented by the Armed Forces Radio & Television Network. It remains an important memory for many of the children of the Viet Nam era whose parents were stationed abroad." Thirty seven years after Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion
Magic Mansion is an American sitcom that broadcast on the AFRTS television network from January 8, 1965, until June 1, 1968. Its weekly programs were televised live before a studio audience. The sitcom was transitional for television because it was one of the last live non-variety show broadcasts...
ended, the daughter of a military family stationed near the shows production facility wrote in the news and events section of Blurp Wire, "I once saw Warren Chaney and Harriett (the shows co-star) at a military commissary. They were swamped by kids and fans. Adults too. What impressed me even then, was how kindly the two treated their fans. They signed autographs for over an hour, talked with the children and so on. I realize now, they were just there shopping."
Chaney has been credited for helping others further their career due to his active mentorship and willingness to provide newcomers a career opportunity. His film's screen credits regularly included credits for film interns and production assistant
Production assistant
A production assistant, also known as a PA, is a job title used in filmmaking and television for a person responsible for various aspects of a production...
s. Actress Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere is an American actress, model, voice artist, and singer, perhaps most widely known for her role as Cassandra Wong in the feature films Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2, Queen Tyr'ahnee in Duck Dodgers, and as Sydney Fox in the TV series Relic Hunter.-Early life:Carrere was born in...
(Wayne's World
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, True Lies
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and Rising Sun
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has credited Chaney with her discovery in a grocery store that led to a lead role in Aloha Summer
Aloha Summer
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. Likewise actors Rutherford Cravens
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, Hunter Lee Hughes, and character actress Kathy Lamkin (No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
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, Friday Night Lights (TV series)
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credit their initial film break to Chaneyl. Scott Bankston, film producer of 50 First Dates
50 First Dates
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began his career with a starring role in Chaney's The Outing
The Outing
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. Film and television crew members such as three time Emmy winning television producer Michelle Fitzgerald and the special effects makeup artist
Makeup artist
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team of Phillip and Melissa Nichols(Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
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Rushmore (film)
Rushmore (film)
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and Arlington Road
Arlington Road
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), have acknowledged the same. Chaney and Lloyd Lambert, CEO of Dynacam Industries collaborated to bring a Texas female bodybuilder newcomer, Rachel Mclish
Rachel McLish
Rachel McLish née Raquel Livia Elizondo is an American female bodybuilding champion, actress and author.-Early life and education:...
to compete in the first Ms. Olympia
Ms. Olympia
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bodybuilding contest where she won the 1980 inaugural competition.
Personal life
Warren Chaney is married to actress Deborah WintersDeborah Winters
Deborah Winters is an American actress and businesswoman. Winters is probably most remembered for her roles in Kotch, The People Next Door, Class of '44, and The Winds of War...
. They have five children and lived in California before relocating to Texas in 1986. Chaney's hobbies and interests are varied and appear to reflect his career, film, television and publication activities.
Chaney is a chess player and avid filmgoer with a penchant for western themed films. He writes music, plays the banjo and enjoys theatre. Chaney continues to maintain an interest in magic (prestidigitation) and ventriloquism
Ventriloquism
Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy"...
and is a long time member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He is an avid reader and maintains a sizable library. Chaney is an ardent baseball
Baseball
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fan and for three years was elected president of the Bay Area Christian Baseball Association in Houston, Texas. His business partner Scott Sheldon
Scott Sheldon
Scott Patrick Sheldon is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/shortstop and right-handed batter who played for the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers...
, is a former professional baseball player for over 16 years.
From 1983 until 1986, Chaney faced multiple litigation charges emanating from a 1982 sale of one of the Chaney companies. Eleven months following its sale, the company filed bankruptcy and investor civil charges including charges from the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and a U.S. Attorney's office in Eastern Kentucky. In a lengthy trial, Chaney and his brother were cleared of all charges, won all pending litigation during which the SEC abruptly dropped all charges. Chaney worked with investors of the company who had lost money to form class action
Class action
In law, a class action, a class suit, or a representative action is a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and/or in which a class of defendants is being sued...
litigation in order that assets reclaimed from the bankrupt company by Chaney could be returned to the investors for their benefit.
Chaney is a Sherlockian member of the John Openshaw Chapter of the Baker Street Irregulars
Baker Street Irregulars
The Baker Street Irregulars are any of several different groups, all named after the original, from various Sherlock Holmes stories in which they are a gang of young street children whom Holmes often employs to aid his cases.- Original :...
and the Editor of the monthly Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...
society publication, The Pip's Log from 1979 until 1983. He is a painter and sculptor and in 1981, his sculpted Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
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bronze was presented to the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. In 2004 it was sent to America as part of a larger Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
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Collection, sponsored by the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
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libraries. He is an artist and his work frequently appears on the internet
Internet
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and in various publications.
Chaney is active in church and affiliated activities and often engages in Christian educational activities. He has written two books and two second-editions reflecting his faith. He has written and directed theatrical plays whose themes were faith related.
Film
Warren Chaney wrote, directed, produced, and occasionally acted in film and television since 1965. His work includes feature films, documentaries, miniseries and television series along with commercial and infomercial projects for television. The following are selective representations of his work excluding commercial television productions.| Year | Film | Credited as | Company | ||||
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| Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... |
Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... |
Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... |
Actor Actor An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity... |
Role Role A role or a social role is a set of connected behaviours, rights and obligations as conceptualised by actors in a social situation. It is an expected or free or continuously changing behaviour and may have a given individual social status or social position... |
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| 1995 | America: A Call to Greatness America: A Call to Greatness America: A Call to Greatness is a 1995 docudrama feature from Paige-Brace Cinema, chronicling United States history from its inception through the 20th century. It stars Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Deborah Winters, Peter Graves, Jane Russell, and Rita Moreno among others and was written,... |
Millennial Entertainment, Inc. | |||||
| 1994 | Shadow of the Mask | Intercontinental Releasing Corporation Intercontinental Releasing Corporation The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation , was an American media company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished... |
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| 1992 | Behind the Mask (1992 film) Behind the Mask (1992 film) Behind the Mask is a Sandpiper Productions 1992 film, released by Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and by Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer in 1998. The production utilized a new emerging 3-D film technology for television at the time of its filming. The film was written and directed by Warren... |
FBI Agent | Intercontinental Releasing Corporation Intercontinental Releasing Corporation The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation , was an American media company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished... |
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| 1992 | The Broken Spur (1992) The Broken Spur (1992) The Broken Spur ' is a Sandpiper Productions western film released by the Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and re-released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1998. The production, shot as a 3-D film was written and directed by Warren Chaney. Beverly Wilson was the Executive Producer and... |
Bannon | Intercontinental Releasing Corporation Intercontinental Releasing Corporation The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation , was an American media company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished... |
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| 1991 | Haunted (1991 film) Haunted (1991 film) Haunted is a children’s comedy-horror film produced by Sandpiper Productions in 1989 and 1990 and released in 1991. It was written and produced by Warren Chaney and directed by John Magyar... |
2nd Unit Director |
Intercontinental Releasing Corporation Intercontinental Releasing Corporation The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation , was an American media company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished... |
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| 1988 | The Hidden Jungle The Hidden Jungle The Hidden Jungle is an American children’s adventure film directed by Steve McCurdy, written and produced by Warren Chaney and released in 1990. The film stars Chuck Stockdale, Damon Merrill, Charles Charpiot, Lesley Chaney and Dennis Frost, Jr. The Executive Producer was Beverly Wilson and the... |
2nd Unit Director |
The President | Intercontinental Releasing Corporation Intercontinental Releasing Corporation The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation , was an American media company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished... |
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| 1988 | Into the Spider's Web Into the Spider's Web Into the Spider’s Web is a 1988 American adventure film made for children. It was directed by Steve McCurdy, produced by Warren Chaney and stars Chuck Stockdale, Robert Shafer, Jessica Avery and Luis Lemus. The Executive Producer was Beverly Wilson and the film’s production company was Sandpiper... |
2nd Unit Director |
Ted Craftsman | Intercontinental Releasing Corporation Intercontinental Releasing Corporation The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation , was an American media company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished... |
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| 1989 | The Shadow Rider | Millennial Entertainment, Inc. | |||||
| 1988 | Aloha Summer Aloha Summer Aloha Summer is a 1988 comedy-drama film about a group of teenagers and their experiences one summer in Hawaii. The film was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and stars Chris Makepeace, Yuji Okumoto, Tia Carrere and Don Michael Paul.-Plot:... |
Executive Producer Executive producer An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production... |
The Vendor | International Spectrafilm | |||
| 1988 | A Tear In Time | Sho Kosugi Sho Kosugi Sho Kosugi is a Japanese martial artist with training in shindō jinen-ryū karate who gained popularity as an actor during the 1980s, usually playing a ninja. He is the father of Kane Kosugi and Shane Kosugi. After taking a hiatus from film, he started a taiko group in California... Productions Hemdale Releasing Corporation |
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| 1987 | The Outing (film) The Outing (film) The Outing is a 1987 horror film that is an edited and shortend version of the original motion picture, titled The Lamp . The picture was written and produced by Warren Chaney, directed by Tom Daley, and stars Deborah Winters and James Huston... |
2nd Unit Director |
Detective Charles | TMS Pictures | |||
| 1986 | Rockenstein | H.I.T. Films, Inc. | |||||
| 1986 | The Lamp (film) The Lamp (film) The Lamp is a 1986 horror parody film written and produced by Warren Chaney and directed by Tom Daley. It stars Deborah Winters, James Huston, Andra St. Ivani and Scott Bankston. The film was produced by HIT Films and released by Skouras Films. The original movie from Skouras ran 104 minutes but... |
2nd Unit Director |
Investigative Officer | Skouras Pictures | |||
| 1986 | Breakdancers From Mars | Tom Daley Productions, Inc. | |||||
| 1986 | Materials Management (film documentary) |
Narrator/Host | United States Department of the Army United States Department of the Army The Department of the Army is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency which the United States Army is organized within, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has... (Surgeon General's Office) |
Television
| Year | Title | Credit | Company |
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| 1999–2000 | Y2K – World in Crisis Y2K – World in Crisis Y2K – A World in Crisis is a 1999 documentary television series produced by Studio W and Warren Chaney Productions for network and cable broadcast. The series was written and directed by Warren Chaney and starred Hugh O'Brian, Dick Van Patten, Richard Anderson, Richard Roundtree and Deborah... (Mini-series) |
Writer, Director, Producer | Cable: Media Entertainment |
| 1998 | Inside the IRS (documentary) | Writer, director, producer | Cable: National Audit Defense Network |
| 1997 | Watching Over Me! (Children's animated special) | Director, writer | Miracle Sound Network, Inc. |
| 1992 | Mortgage Management (Documentary) | Director, Writer | CMS Releasing Corporation |
| 1965–1968 | Magic Mansion Magic Mansion Magic Mansion is an American sitcom that broadcast on the AFRTS television network from January 8, 1965, until June 1, 1968. Its weekly programs were televised live before a studio audience. The sitcom was transitional for television because it was one of the last live non-variety show broadcasts... (television series sitcom – 120 episodes) |
Director, writer, co-producer, actor (role – The Magician) | AFRTS Network |
Publications
Books, journal or magazine articles, short stories, editorial comments and professional papers appear to comprise the bulk of Chaney's literary writing. His work varies from serious and technical, topical and religious material to children's books and congressional studies. His screenplays and theatrical dramas are discussed elsewhere.Books
- Focus And Concentration The Sound Of Thought, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Houghton-Brace Publishing Company – New York, 2009.
- The Dynamic Mind, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Houghton-Brace Publishing Company – New York, 2007.
- A Workbook For The Dynamic Mind, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Harcourt-Brace Publishing Company, New York, 2007.
- What's In A Name?, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Harcourt-Brace Publishing Company, New York, 2007.
- Rx For Youth, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Oxford-Hanover Publishing Company, New York, 2003.
- 2nd Edition - A Messianic Passover Haggadah, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D, BACC Publishing, Houston, 2006.
- 2nd Edition - A Leader's Guide To The Passover, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., BACC Publishing, Houston, 2006.
- A Messianic Passover Haggadah, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D, BACC Publishing, Houston, 2000.
- A Leader's Guide To The Passover, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., BACC Publishing, Houston, 2000.
- Coco's Luck, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Miracle Sound Publishing Company, Houston, Texas, 1999.
- Y2K: A World In Crisis, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Swan Publishing Company, New York, 1999.
- The Union Epidemic; Prescription for Management, Chaney, Warren H. and Beech, Thomas R., Aspen Publishing Company, Germantown, Maryland, 1975.
- Techniques In The Storage Of Medical Material, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Academy of Health Sciences, United States Department of Army, 1969.
- Packaging, Packing And Preservation Of Medical Material, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Academy of Health Sciences, United States Department of Army, 1968.
- The Human Factor—Shipping and Storage of Whole Blood, Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., U.S. Army Medical Depot, Ryukyu Medical Center, United States Department of Army, 1966.
Editorial Positions and Selected articles
Warren Chaney was the managing editorManaging editor
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for various publications as well as contributing to various magazine and journals. His articles appear to cover a wide array of subject material. Some were technical while others were topic based or short stories. Aside from books, articles, professional papers and editorial commentary, Chaney frequently contributed chapters to books written by others.
Editor
- Editor of Health Care Communiqué, Healthcare Administration Division of the Southwestern Federation of Academic Disciplines, 1976-1978
- Editor of TA Update - a former Transactional AnalysisTransactional analysisTransactional analysis, commonly known as TA to its adherents, is an integrative approach to the theory of psychology and psychotherapy. It is described as integrative because it has elements of psychoanalytic, humanist and cognitive approaches...
publication of Southwestern Bell Telephone, 1975-1976. - Editor of The Pip's Log, a monthly publication of the Sherlockian Society's – John Oppenshaw Chapter of The Baker Street IrregularsBaker Street IrregularsThe Baker Street Irregulars are any of several different groups, all named after the original, from various Sherlock Holmes stories in which they are a gang of young street children whom Holmes often employs to aid his cases.- Original :...
.
Select articles, short stories and contributed chapters
- "Using Neuroplasticity to Achieve Cognitive Change," Warren H. Chaney, Ph.D., Journal of Applied Cognitive-Behavioral Science, Volume 5, 1st Quarter, 2009, pp. 132–145.
- "Changing Brains – Understanding the Adolescent Brain", Warren H. Chaney, Ph.D., Your New Mind, (On Line Journal), 1st Quarter, 2009.
- "The Return," (A short story), written by Warren Chaney, Sci-Fi Adventures, Swapsale, Los Angeles, CA, October-Edition, 2008.
- "A Study of the Impact and Outcome of The Dynamic Mind Workshop Upon One Hundred Fifty Randomly Selected Personnel," Warren H. Chaney, Ph.D., and Denny Megarity, Ph.D., Journal of Applied Cognitive-Behavioral Science, Volume 3, 2nd Quarter, 2007, pp. 132–145.
- "Mission to Pluto," (A short story), Warren Chaney, Sci-Fi Adventures, Swapsale, Los Angeles, CA, June, Edition, 2007.
- "Who Was That Masked Man", Chaney, Warren, Ph.D. Swapsale Magazine, January 5, 2003.
- "It's Hard to Lose a Hero", by Chaney, Warren H., Solar Guard (Online)
- "Bad Management", Warren H. Chaney, a chapter contributed to the Handbook of Health Care Human Resources Management, Norman Metzger, Aspen Corp., Germantown, Maryland, 1982.
- "An Analysis of Aggression, Part III", Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Fitness Magazine, September, 1982.
- "Aging in America", Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D, and Callaghan, Donald, Ph.D., professional paper delivered to National Conference on Aging, 1982.
- "Understanding Motivation", Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., a chapter in a reading's book, Sales Management: Readings and Cases, LeRoy Whitten, Arlington Publishing Company, Washington, D.C., 1982.
- "An Eight Year Study of the Reinstatement Remedy Under the National Labor Relations Act", Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D. - A Special Report prepared for The House Of Representatives Special Sub-Committee On Labor-Management Relations, Washington, D.C., 1981.
- "Motivating Employees", Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., a professional paper for the Annual Conference of Oral and Maxiolfacial Surgeons, Seattle, Washington, 1981.
- "The Reinstatement Remedy Revisited", Chaney, Warren H. Ph.D., Labor Law Journal, pp. 357-365, June, 1981.
- "A Study of the Reinstatement Remedy", Labor Law Journal, Stephens, Elvis, Ph.D., Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., Vol. 25, No. l, pp. 31-41, January, 1974.
- "A Study of Facilitating and Inhibiting Personality Dimensions in Occupational Identification", Chaney, Warren H., Ph.D., in Personality and Occupation, University of North Texas, 1974.
- "A New York Stock Exchange Industry Comparative Study: Ten-year Price-earnings Multiples and Compound growth rates of insurance, oil-crude production, and retail food chains", Chaney, Warren H., in Stock Price Forecasting, St. Mary's University, 1970.
Music (partial listing)
Warren Chaney has written songs used in feature film, television and theatrical productions.- "A Call to Greatness" - written by Warren Chaney, Music by Greg X Volz and Frank Curcio, for two hour television network special, America: A Call to GreatnessAmerica: A Call to GreatnessAmerica: A Call to Greatness is a 1995 docudrama feature from Paige-Brace Cinema, chronicling United States history from its inception through the 20th century. It stars Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Deborah Winters, Peter Graves, Jane Russell, and Rita Moreno among others and was written,...
, music published and © (p) 1995 Jabbok Music/ASCAP, 1995. - "America Calls" - written by Warren Chaney and Ron Dixon for two hour television network special, America: A Call to GreatnessAmerica: A Call to GreatnessAmerica: A Call to Greatness is a 1995 docudrama feature from Paige-Brace Cinema, chronicling United States history from its inception through the 20th century. It stars Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Deborah Winters, Peter Graves, Jane Russell, and Rita Moreno among others and was written,...
, music published and © (p) 1995 Ford's Creek Music/ASCAP. - "An American" - written by Warren Chaney and Ron Dixon for two hour television network special, America: A Call to GreatnessAmerica: A Call to GreatnessAmerica: A Call to Greatness is a 1995 docudrama feature from Paige-Brace Cinema, chronicling United States history from its inception through the 20th century. It stars Charlton Heston, Mickey Rooney, Deborah Winters, Peter Graves, Jane Russell, and Rita Moreno among others and was written,...
, music published and © (p) 1995 Ford's Creek Music and Warren Chaney Productions Above and Beyond/ASCAP. - "The Day is Done" - song, written by Warren Chaney and Ted Mason, 1989 for motion picture, The Broken Spur (1992)The Broken Spur (1992)The Broken Spur ' is a Sandpiper Productions western film released by the Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and re-released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1998. The production, shot as a 3-D film was written and directed by Warren Chaney. Beverly Wilson was the Executive Producer and...
, music published and © (p) by Cook Sound, Inc./ASCAP 1989. - "Wandering" - song, written by Warren H. Chaney and Ted Mason, 1989 for motion picture, The Broken Spur (1992)The Broken Spur (1992)The Broken Spur ' is a Sandpiper Productions western film released by the Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and re-released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1998. The production, shot as a 3-D film was written and directed by Warren Chaney. Beverly Wilson was the Executive Producer and...
, music published and © (p) by Cook Sound, Inc./ASCAP 1989. - "Little Friend" - song, written by Warren H. Chaney and Ted Mason, 1989 for motion picture, The Broken Spur (1992)The Broken Spur (1992)The Broken Spur ' is a Sandpiper Productions western film released by the Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and re-released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1998. The production, shot as a 3-D film was written and directed by Warren Chaney. Beverly Wilson was the Executive Producer and...
, music published and © (p) by Cook Sound, Inc./ASCAP 1989. - "Ride, Ride, Ride" - song, written by Warren H. Chaney and Ted Mason, 1989 for motion picture, The Broken Spur (1992)The Broken Spur (1992)The Broken Spur ' is a Sandpiper Productions western film released by the Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and re-released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1998. The production, shot as a 3-D film was written and directed by Warren Chaney. Beverly Wilson was the Executive Producer and...
, music published and © (p) by Cook Sound, Inc./ASCAP 1989. - "My Mother" - song, written by Warren H. Chaney and Ted Mason, 1989 for the motion picture, The Hidden JungleThe Hidden JungleThe Hidden Jungle is an American children’s adventure film directed by Steve McCurdy, written and produced by Warren Chaney and released in 1990. The film stars Chuck Stockdale, Damon Merrill, Charles Charpiot, Lesley Chaney and Dennis Frost, Jr. The Executive Producer was Beverly Wilson and the...
, music published and © (p) by Cook Sound, Inc./ASCAP 1989. - "When You're Up" - song, written by Warren H. Chaney and Ted Mason, 1990 for motion picture, Into the Spider's WebInto the Spider's WebInto the Spider’s Web is a 1988 American adventure film made for children. It was directed by Steve McCurdy, produced by Warren Chaney and stars Chuck Stockdale, Robert Shafer, Jessica Avery and Luis Lemus. The Executive Producer was Beverly Wilson and the film’s production company was Sandpiper...
, music published and © (p) by Cook Sound, Inc./ASCAP 1989.
See also
- Intercontinental Releasing CorporationIntercontinental Releasing CorporationThe Intercontinental Releasing Corporation , was an American media company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished...
- Deborah WintersDeborah WintersDeborah Winters is an American actress and businesswoman. Winters is probably most remembered for her roles in Kotch, The People Next Door, Class of '44, and The Winds of War...
- International Brotherhood of MagiciansInternational Brotherhood of MagiciansInternational Brotherhood of Magicians is the world's largest organization for professional and amateur magicians, with approximately 15,000 members worldwide. The headquarters is in St...