Chaney graduated Magna cum laude from SUNY Purchase College, Conservatory of Dramatic Writing (BFA), with a focus on screenwriting.
He resides in New York, where he has worked for New Line Cinema, IFP New York, Tribeca All Access, Zollo Productions, and RHI Entertainment.
He is an award winning director (Indigo Children, Shelter to Sunlight), and has worked as a music video
producer/director for Poets Club Records (Zilverzurf's Ceu Sem Fim feat. Lykke Li).
Chaney runs Vanished and Gone, a boutique, Brooklyn based independent production company, and literary entity.