DOCUMENTARY
- Money Puzzles,
130′, 2016 Festivals: Doclisboa 2016; Havana 2016
- Interrupted Memory
119′, 2013 Festivals: Havana 2014
- Secret City
72′, 2012 Festivals: London Independent Film Festival 2013 Winner
- Three Short Films About Chile
34′, 2012
- Chronicle of Protest
90′, 2011 Festivals: East End Film FestivaL
- The American Who Electrified Russia
105′, 2009 Festivals: Pamplona, 2010; Cali, 2010
- Detroit, Ruin of a City
A road movie about Detroit and the automobile industry, a documentary about making a documentary about a city. By Michael Chanan and George Steinmetz with music by Michael Nyman 92′ 2005
- Human Wrongs
A film by Michael Chanan about Human Rights, with Ariel Dorfman, made in 2000.
- New Cinema of Latin America
Made for the UK’s Channel 4 in 1983, this two-part documentary is now an historic document of the first twenty-five years of a continental movement which revolutionised cinema.
- Logic Lane
Series of educational films on philosophy (6 x 60mns, 1972)
LATIN AMERICA
- Three Short Films About Chile
34′, 2012
- The Buzz in Buenos Aires
Occupations by secondary school and university students in Buenos Aires, September 2010
- Roots of Third Cinema
Extracted and re-edited from New Cinema of Latin America (Channel Four, 1983). For educational and private viewing only.
- Havana Report
Report on the Havana Film Festival 1986, directed by Michael Chanan and Holly Aylett, for Channel Four. Festivals: LASA, Boston, 1986
- Cuba from Inside
Report on human rights in Cuba in 1988, directed by Michael Chanan, for Channel 4 ‘Despatches’
MUSIC
- Orchestras
A Video Essay by Michael Chanan, originally made for a conference on ‘The Art of Management and Organization’. For educational use only.
- The Politics of Music
Directed by Michael Chanan, featuring Pierre Boulez, made for BBC2, 1972
- Watching Music
Documentary directed by Michael Chanan on musicians in rehearsal and performance featuring the Allegri String Quartet and Gentle Fire, BBC2, 1971
TALK
- El documental como fenómeno mundial
Ponencia dado por Michael Chanan en la escuela de verano sobre el documental latinoamericano en Bielefeld, 2008
- Algunas notas sobre el documental.
Trozos de una charla en Léon, 6 de noviembre 2010