Michael Chapman

Biography

Michael Crawford Chapman, A.S.C. (November 21, 1935 – September 20, 2020) was a retired American cinematographer and film director who is well known for his work on many films of the American New Wave of the 1970s and in the 1980s with prominent directors such as Martin Scorsese and Ivan Reitman. He shot more than forty feature films; on over half of them, he worked with only three different directors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chapman (cinematographer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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The Godfather

(1972) Camera Operator

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Jaws

(1975) Camera Operator

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Taxi Driver

(1976) Director of Photography

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Bridge to Terabithia

(2007) Director of Photography

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Space Jam

(1996) Director of Photography

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Ghostbusters II

(1989) Director of Photography

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Primal Fear

(1996) Director of Photography

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The Fugitive

(1993) Director of Photography

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2021	Retired Filmmaker	The Rapist 2021-10-07 Movie
2017	N/A	Shooting Hardcore 2017-05-22 Movie
2012	Self	An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road 2012-10-10 Movie
	Self	Side by Side 2012-08-19 Movie
2005	Self	Raging Bull: Inside the Ring 2005-02-08 Movie
	Self	Raging Bull: Outside the Ring 2005-02-08 Movie
	Self	Raging Bull: After the Fight 2005-02-08 Movie
2004	Adult Film Cameraman	Eulogy 2004-10-15 Movie
	Prosecutor #1	Suspect Zero 2004-08-27 Movie
	Self	Raging Bull: Fight Night 2004-08-08 Movie
2001	Sheriff Long	Evolution 2001-06-08 Movie
1999	Waiter	The Story of Us 1999-10-14 Movie
	Self	Making 'Taxi Driver' 1999-06-14 Movie
1998	Mechanic	Six Days Seven Nights 1998-06-12 Movie
1997	Self	In the Teeth of Jaws 1997-01-01 Movie
1993	Fred Hoffman	Rising Sun 1993-07-30 Movie
1992	Self	Visions of Light 1992-09-17 Movie
1991	Shooting Gallery Operator	Doc Hollywood 1991-08-02 Movie
1990	Firefighter	Kindergarten Cop 1990-12-21 Movie
1989	Dr. Berg	The Abyss 1989-08-09 Movie
	Dan Rourke	Third Degree Burn 1989-05-28 Movie
1988	Lawyer	Shoot to Kill 1988-02-12 Movie
1981	Man at End of Bar (uncredited)	The Howling 1981-01-21 Movie
1978	Health Dept. Floor Cleaner (uncredited)	Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978-12-20 Movie
1973	Taxi Driver	The Last Detail 1973-12-11 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2013	Director	Peter Gabriel - Live In Athens 1987 2013-09-13 Movie
	Director	Youssou N'Dour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar - Fatteliku 2013-01-01 Movie
1995	Director	The Viking Sagas 1995-08-03 Movie
1991	Director	Peter Gabriel - POV 1991-07-01 Movie
1986	Director	Annihilator 1986-04-07 Movie
	Director	The Clan of the Cave Bear 1986-01-17 Movie
1983	Director	All the Right Moves 1983-10-21 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2007	Director of Photography	Bridge to Terabithia 2007-02-15 Movie
2006	Director of Photography	Hoot 2006-11-03 Movie
2005	Director of Photography	House of D 2005-04-29 Movie
2004	Director of Photography	Eulogy 2004-10-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Suspect Zero 2004-08-27 Movie
2001	Director of Photography	Evolution 2001-06-08 Movie
2000	Director of Photography	The Watcher 2000-09-08 Movie
1999	Director of Photography	The Story of Us 1999-10-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The White River Kid 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Director of Photography	Six Days Seven Nights 1998-06-12 Movie
1996	Director of Photography	Space Jam 1996-11-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Primal Fear 1996-03-06 Movie
1993	Director of Photography	The Fugitive 1993-08-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Rising Sun 1993-07-30 Movie
1992	Director of Photography	Whispers in the Dark 1992-08-06 Movie
1991	Director of Photography	Doc Hollywood 1991-08-02 Movie
1990	Director of Photography	Kindergarten Cop 1990-12-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Quick Change 1990-07-13 Movie
1989	Director of Photography	Ghostbusters II 1989-06-16 Movie
1988	Director of Photography	Scrooged 1988-11-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Gotham 1988-08-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Shoot to Kill 1988-02-12 Movie
1987	Director of Photography	Bad 1987-08-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lost Boys 1987-07-31 Movie
1983	Director of Photography	The Man with Two Brains 1983-06-10 Movie
1982	Director of Photography	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982-05-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Personal Best 1982-02-05 Movie
1980	Director of Photography	Raging Bull 1980-11-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty 1980-02-14 Movie
1979	Director of Photography	The Wanderers 1979-07-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hardcore 1979-02-09 Movie
1978	Director of Photography	Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince 1978-09-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Last Waltz 1978-05-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Fingers 1978-03-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	King 1978-02-12 TV Show
	Director of Photography	Shoot the Sun Down 1978-01-01 Movie
1976	Director of Photography	The Next Man 1976-11-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Front 1976-09-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Taxi Driver 1976-02-09 Movie
1975	Camera Operator	Jaws 1975-06-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Death Be Not Proud 1975-02-04 Movie
1974	Director of Photography	The White Dawn 1974-07-21 Movie
1973	Director of Photography	The Last Detail 1973-12-11 Movie
1972	Camera Operator	Up the Sandbox 1972-12-21 Movie
	Camera Operator	The Godfather 1972-03-14 Movie
1971	Camera Operator	Klute 1971-06-23 Movie
1970	Camera Operator	The People Next Door 1970-08-26 Movie
	Camera Operator	The Landlord 1970-05-20 Movie
	Camera Operator	Loving 1970-03-04 Movie
1967	Assistant Camera	The Thanksgiving Visitor 1967-11-01 Movie
1965	Assistant Camera	Who Killed Teddy Bear? 1965-09-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv