Michael Chapman

Director Of Photography

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Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

November 21, 1935

Biography

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Former camera operator and assistant to cinematographer Gordon Willis who has worked several times with Philip Kaufman and whose crisp, powerful images proved integral to several Martin Scorsese pictures, most notably the gritty black-and-white of "Raging Bull" (1980) and the atmospheric, intense neon color of nighttime New York in "Taxi Driver" (1976). As a director, Chapman has been le...

Filmography

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The Viking Sagas (1995)

The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

The Annihilator (1986)

All the Right Moves (1983)

Side by Side (2012)

House of D (2004)

Photos & Videos

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Hardcore (1979) — (Movie Clip) Bless All Our Missionaries

Hardcore (1979) — (Movie Clip) These Are The Realities

Family & Companions

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Amy Holden Jones

Wife

Editor, director, screenwriter. Born on September 17, 1953.

Biography

Former camera operator and assistant to cinematographer Gordon Willis who has worked several times with Philip Kaufman and whose crisp, powerful images proved integral to several Martin Scorsese pictures, most notably the gritty black-and-white of "Raging Bull" (1980) and the atmospheric, intense neon color of nighttime New York in "Taxi Driver" (1976). As a director, Chapman has been less effective, though "All the Right Moves" (1983) enjoyed some success. His next directorial effort, "The Clan of the Cave Bear" (1986), may well have been the first feminist cave woman movie but many found it laughable. Chapman continued working as director of photography for mainstream big-budget films like "Kindergarten Cop" (1990), culminating in his Oscar nomination for the cinematography of "The Fugitive" (1993) and his inclusion in the acclaimed documentary on "the art of cinematography," "Visions of Light" (1992).

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Viking Sagas (1995)

The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)

The Annihilator (1986)

All the Right Moves (1983)

Cast (Feature Film)

Side by Side (2012)

House of D (2004)

Suspect Zero (2004)

Evolution (2001)

The Story of Us (1999)

Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)

Rising Sun (1993)

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1992)

Doc Hollywood (1991)

Quick Change (1990)

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Third Degree Burn (1989)

Shoot To Kill (1988)

The Last Detail (1973)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

House of D (2004)

Director Of Photography

Suspect Zero (2004)

Director Of Photography

The White River Kid (2001)

Director Of Photography

Evolution (2001)

Director Of Photography

The Watcher (2000)

Director Of Photography

The Story of Us (1999)

Director Of Photography

Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)

Director Of Photography

Primal Fear (1996)

Director Of Photography

Space Jam (1996)

Director Of Photography

Rising Sun (1993)

Director Of Photography

Whispers in the Dark (1992)

Director Of Photography

Doc Hollywood (1991)

Director Of Photography

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Director Of Photography

Quick Change (1990)

Director Of Photography

Ghostbusters II (1989)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Scrooged (1988)

Director Of Photography

Shoot To Kill (1988)

Director Of Photography

The Lost Boys (1987)

Director Of Photography

The Man With Two Brains (1983)

Director Of Photography

Personal Best (1982)

Director Of Photography

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Director Of Photography

Raging Bull (1980)

Director of Photography

Hardcore (1979)

Director Of Photography

The Wanderers (1979)

Director Of Photography

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Director Of Photography

The Last Waltz (1978)

Cinematographer

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Next Man (1976)

Director Of Photography

Taxi Driver (1976)

Director Of Photography

The Front (1976)

Director Of Photography

Camera Operator

Death Be Not Proud (1975)

Director Of Photography

The White Dawn (1974)

Director Of Photography

The Last Detail (1973)

Director Of Photography

Bad Company (1972)

Camera Operator

The Godfather (1972)

Camera Operator

Little Murders (1971)

Camera Operator

Camera Operator

Husbands (1970)

Camera op for New York unit

The Landlord (1970)

Camera Operator

Writer (Feature Film)

The Viking Sagas (1995)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Love Letters (1983)

Photograph Of Anna

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)

Production Assistant

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Side by Side (2012)

Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

Dp/Cinematographer

Dp/Cinematographer

Dp/Cinematographer

Evolution (2001)

Dp/Cinematographer

The Story of Us (1999)

Dp/Cinematographer

Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)

Dp/Cinematographer

Primal Fear (1996)

Dp/Cinematographer

Space Jam (1996)

Space Jam (1996)

Dp/Cinematographer

Rising Sun (1993)

Dp/Cinematographer

The Fugitive (1993)

Dp/Cinematographer

Whispers in the Dark (1992)

Dp/Cinematographer

Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1992)

Kindergarten Cop (1990)

Dp/Cinematographer

Scrooged (1988)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Dp/Cinematographer

The Man With Two Brains (1983)

Dp/Cinematographer

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Dp/Cinematographer

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Dp/Cinematographer

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978)

The Front (1976)

Dp/Cinematographer

Cinematography (Special)

Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis: Baroque Duet (1992)

Director Of Photography

Film Production - Main (Special)

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980)

Cinematography (TV Mini-Series)

Director Of Photography

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

Life Events

1970

Served as assistant/camera operator for cinematographer Gordon Willis on "The Godfather", "Klute", "End of the Road" and "The Landlord"

1973

First film as director of photography, "The Last Detail"

1983

Feature film directing debut, "All the Right Moves"

Videos

Hardcore (1979) — (Movie Clip) Bless All Our Missionaries A Spartan, Calvinist Christmas in Grand Rapids, Michigan (shot on location, and the exact background of writer-director Paul Schrader), George C. Scott as single father furniture-business owner Van Dorn, the head of the family, Dick Sargent a brother-in-law, Ilah Davis his daughter preparing, with a cousin, for a church trip to California, in Hardcore, 1979.

Hardcore (1979) — (Movie Clip) These Are The Realities In Los Angeles after the disappearance of his daughter on a church youth trip, Michigan Calvinist businessman Van Dorn (George C. Scott, with Dick Sargent, his brother-in-law) grapples with an L-A cop then with P-I Mast (Peter Boyle), in the uncompromising early feature by Calvinist-raised Grand Rapids native Paul Schrader, Hardcore, 1979.

Landlord, The (1970) -- (Movie Clip) It Ain't Your Baby Explosive scene in which Elgar (Beau Bridges, title character) overhears tenant Fanny (Diana Sands) telling husband Copee (Louis Gossett) she's pregnant, and it goes badly, in Hal Ashby's The Landlord, 1970.

Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Bunch Of Neanderthal Retardos After director Philip Kaufman’s credit, The Bronx 1963, Joey (John Friedrich) hopes to stop fellow Wanderer Turkey (Alan Rosenberg) from joining the Fordham Baldies (a real street gang of the day), and we meet PeeWee (Linda Manz), Terror (Erland van Lidth), Toni Kalem as Despie beneath Ken Wahl as Richie, and Jim Youngs as Buddy, in The Wanderers, 1979.

Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Just The Dirty Parts Molesting women for sport in The Bronx, 1963, Ken Wahl as Richie, semi-leader of the title-gang, takes a run in their crudely named game at Karen Allen, in her first scene, as Nina, supported by John Friedrich as Joey, with Tony Ganios as big Perry and Jim Youngs as Buddy, in director Philip Kaufman’s The Wanderers, 1979.

Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Seen This In My Favorite Movie In a Bronx bowling alley, 1963, Richard Price, author of the underlying book, is the hustler in the necktie, John Califano his accomplice, Ken Wahl and John Friedrich representing the title gang, Dolph Sweet as Chubby, overseeing the wager and his own goons, in director Philip Kaufman’s The Wanderers, 1979.

Wanderers, The (1979) -- (Movie Clip) All Men Are Created Equal Fluid work by director Philip Kaufman and cinematographer Michael Chapman, title-gang member Joey (John Friedrich) arrives at school in The Bronx with Perry (Tony Ganios), his new neighbor from New Jersey, meeting fellow members Richie (Ken Wahl) and Turkey (Alan Rosenberg) in the class led by Mr. Sharp (Val Avery), in The Wanderers, 1979.

Front, The (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Communist Sympathizer TV writer Miller (Michael Murphy) explaining how he's been blacklisted to friend Howard (Woody Allen), a cashier and small-time bookie, early in The Front, 1976, by blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Martin Ritt.

Front, The (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Make It A Firing Squad Howard (Woody Allen) enjoying the fruits of his work "fronting" for blacklisted writers, has a meeting with Delaney (Lloyd Gough) foiled, then arrives at the studio where Florence (Andrea Marcovicci) and Sussman (Herschel Bernardi) have an emergency, in The Front. 1977.

Front, The (1976) -- (Movie Clip) First Class Script His first visit to the TV studio, Howard (Woody Allen), posing as a writer in place of his blacklisted friend, meets Florence (Andrea Marcovicci), Sussman (Herschel Bernardi), actor Parks (William Bogert) and comic Hecky (Zero Mostel), in Martin Ritt's The Front, 1976.

Front, The (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Sincerity Is The Key We meet Remak Ramsay as Hennessy, the ex-FBI man whose job is to clear network employees suspected of having Communist connections, as comic Hecky (the long-blacklisted Zero Mostel) has his initial interview, in The Front, 1976, from Walter Bernstein’s original screenplay.

Taxi Driver (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Easy Andy Steven Prince (as "Easy Andy," a non-actor and friend of director Martin Scorsese, about whom he later made a documentary) with his famous sales pitch to Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in Taxi Driver, 1976.

Last Detail, The - (Original Trailer) Two shore patrolmen decide to show a prisoner a good time on his way to the brig in The Last Detail (1973) starring Jack Nicholson and Randy Quaid.

Bad Company - (Original Trailer) Civil War draft dodgers head West to build new lives as outlaws in Robert Benton's Bad Company (1972) starring Jeff Bridges.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - (Original Trailer) A private eye (Steve Martin) interacts with classic film noir characters to help a beautiful woman in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).

Landlord, The - (Original Trailer) A spoiled rich boy buys a Brooklyn tenement and gets mixed up in his tenants' lives in The Landlord (1970) starring Beau Bridges.

Raging Bull -- (Original Trailer) Robert De Niro won an Academy Award® for Best Actor portraying boxer Jake La Motta in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980).

Companions

Amy Holden Jones

Wife

Editor, director, screenwriter. Born on September 17, 1953.

Bibliography

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