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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-11-21 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Michael Chapman

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.

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Known For

Acting

2021

The Rapist as Retired Filmmaker

2014

Walking on Sunshine as Holiday Maker

2012

Side by Side as Self

2005

2004

Suspect Zero as Prosecutor #1
Eulogy as Adult Film Cameraman

2001

Evolution as Sheriff Long

1999

The Story of Us as Waiter

1998

1997

1993

Rising Sun as Fred Hoffman

1992

1991

Doc Hollywood as Shooting Gallery Operator

1990

Kindergarten Cop as Firefighter

1989

The Abyss as Dr. Berg
Third Degree Burn as Dan Rourke

1988

Shoot to Kill as Lawyer
Gotham as Landlord

1981

The Howling as Man at End of Bar (uncredited)

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Health Dept. Floor Cleaner (uncredited)

1973

The Last Detail as Taxi Driver

Camera

2007

Bridge to Terabithia as Director of Photography

2006

Hoot as Director of Photography

2004

Suspect Zero as Director of Photography
Eulogy as Director of Photography
House of D as Director of Photography

2001

Evolution as Director of Photography

2000

The Watcher as Director of Photography

1999

The Story of Us as Director of Photography
The White River Kid as Director of Photography

1998

Six Days Seven Nights as Director of Photography

1996

Primal Fear as Director of Photography
Space Jam as Director of Photography

1993

The Fugitive as Director of Photography
Rising Sun as Director of Photography

1992

Whispers in the Dark as Director of Photography

1991

Doc Hollywood as Director of Photography

1990

Kindergarten Cop as Director of Photography
Quick Change as Director of Photography

1989

Ghostbusters II as Director of Photography

1988

Scrooged as Director of Photography
Gotham as Director of Photography
Shoot to Kill as Director of Photography

1987

The Lost Boys as Director of Photography
Michael Jackson's : Bad as Director of Photography

1983

The Man with Two Brains as Director of Photography

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as Director of Photography
Personal Best as Director of Photography

1980

Raging Bull as Director of Photography
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty as Director of Photography

1979

The Wanderers as Director of Photography
Hardcore as Director of Photography

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Director of Photography
Fingers as Director of Photography
The Last Waltz as Director of Photography
Shoot the Sun Down as Director of Photography
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince as Director of Photography
King as Director of Photography

1976

Taxi Driver as Director of Photography
The Front as Director of Photography
The Next Man as Director of Photography

1975

Jaws as Camera Operator
Death Be Not Proud as Director of Photography

1974

The White Dawn as Director of Photography

1973

The Last Detail as Director of Photography

1972

The Godfather as Camera Operator
Up the Sandbox as Camera Operator

1971

Little Murders as Camera Operator
Klute as Camera Operator

1970

The People Next Door as Camera Operator
Loving as Camera Operator
The Landlord as Camera Operator

1968

The Thanksgiving Visitor as Assistant Camera

1965

Who Killed Teddy Bear? as Assistant Camera

Directing

1995

The Viking Sagas as Director

1991

1986

Annihilator as Director

1983

Writing

1995