Kanja Chen
Chensational Productions is owned and operated by Kanja Chen. Kanja Chen is an award winning director, writer, producer, puppeteer, puppet designer and builder, who has worked on many high profile television productions. He has been formally trained by The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Street Workshop and has taught at the Second City Training Centre in Toronto. Kanja is multi-racial (black/asian father and white mother), and is heavily influenced by his Jamaican heritage, being co-raised by his Jamaican grandmother and family.
Kanja has worked on projects for Emmy Award winning shows such as Sesame Street (PBS) and Giver (TVO). He has worked on Odd Squad (PBS), and was the head of the puppet and creature department for the television series Oh Yuck!, currently airing on Netflix. Kanja has started to write and produce his own content and has been honoured to be a part of several diversity workshops designed to grow and nurture the creativity and presence of BIPOC talent in the film and television industry.
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