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Michael Chapman

Michael Chapman

1935–2020 · New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Michael Crawford Chapman, A.S.C. (November 21, 1935 – September 20, 2020) was an American cinematographer and film director well known for his work on many films of the American New Wave of the 1970s and in the 1980s with directors such as Martin Scorsese and Ivan Reitman. He shot more than forty feature films, over half of those 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.

Camera 52

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Wanderers

    Director of Photography

    74

  2. Hardcore

    Director of Photography

    71
  3. 1978

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Director of Photography

    78

  4. American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince

    Director of Photography

    71

  5. Shoot the Sun Down

    Director of Photography

  6. The Last Waltz

    Director of Photography

    85

  7. Fingers

    Director of Photography

    68

  8. King

    Director of Photography

  9. 1976

    The Next Man

    Director of Photography

    38

  10. The Front

    Director of Photography

    71

  11. Taxi Driver

    Director of Photography

    86
  12. 1975

    Jaws

    Camera Operator

    85

  13. Death Be Not Proud

    Director of Photography

  14. 1974

    The White Dawn

    Director of Photography

  15. 1973

    The Last Detail

    Director of Photography

    79
  16. 1972

    Up the Sandbox

    Camera Operator

    60

  17. The Godfather

    Camera Operator

    94
  18. 1971

    Klute

    Camera Operator

    77

  19. Little Murders

    Camera Operator

  20. 1970

    The People Next Door

    Camera Operator

    61

  21. The Landlord

    Camera Operator

  22. Loving

    Camera Operator

1960s

  1. 1968

    The Thanksgiving Visitor

    Assistant Camera

  2. 1965

    Who Killed Teddy Bear?

    Assistant Camera

    65

Acted in 17

2020s

  1. 2021

    The Rapist

    Retired Filmmaker

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Abyss

    Dr. Berg

    72

  2. Third Degree Burn

    Dan Rourke

  3. 1988

    Gotham

    Landlord

  4. Shoot to Kill

    Lawyer

    72
  5. 1981

    The Howling

    Man at End of Bar (uncredited)

    68

Directed 7

2010s

  1. 2013

    Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987

    Director

  2. Youssou N'Dour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar - Fatteliku

    Director

1990s

  1. 1995

    The Viking Sagas

    Director

  2. 1991

    Peter Gabriel - POV

    Director

1980s

  1. 1986

    Annihilator

    Director

    51

  2. The Clan of the Cave Bear

    Director

  3. 1983

    All the Right Moves

    Director

    60

Wrote 1

1990s

  1. 1995

    The Viking Sagas

    Story

Appearances11

2020s

  1. 2025

    The Farmer and the Shark

    Self

2010s

  1. 2016

    Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod

    Self

  2. 2012

    An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

    Self

  3. Side by Side

    Self

    80

2000s

  1. 2007

    Travis' New York

    Himself

  2. 2005

    Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

    Self

  3. Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

    Self

  4. Raging Bull: After the Fight

    Self

1990s

  1. 1999

    Making 'Taxi Driver'

    Self

  2. 1997

    In the Teeth of Jaws

    Self

  3. 1992

    Visions of Light

    Self