
Michael Chapman
Highest Rated: 98% The Last Waltz (1978)
Lowest Rated: 10% House of D (2004)
Birthday: Nov 21, 1935
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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). Michael Chapman died on September 20, 2020 at the age of 84.
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80% | No Score Yet | Retaliation | Church Attendee (Character) | - | 2017 |
85% | 70% | Bridge to Terabithia | Cinematographer | $82.2M | 2007 |
26% | 55% | Hoot | Cinematographer | $8.1M | 2006 |
10% | 73% | House of D | Cinematographer | $371.1K | 2004 |
34% | 71% | Eulogy | Cinematographer | $70.5K | 2004 |
18% | 38% | Suspect Zero | Cinematographer | $8.7M | 2004 |
43% | 48% | Evolution |
Sheriff Long (Character), Cinematographer |
$38.3M | 2001 |
26% | 58% | The Story of Us | Cinematographer | $27.1M | 1999 |
76% | 89% | Primal Fear | Cinematographer | $56.1M | 1996 |
43% | 63% | Space Jam | Cinematographer | $90.4M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Raven Hawk | Gordon Fowler (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Viking Sagas | Director | - | 1995 |
96% | 89% | The Fugitive | Cinematographer | $183.8M | 1993 |
95% | 85% | Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
33% | 40% | Rising Sun | Cinematographer | $62.5M | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baroque Duet | Cinematographer | - | 1992 |
51% | 52% | Kindergarten Cop | Cinematographer | $88.6M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Third Degree Burn | Dan Rourke (Character) | - | 1989 |
54% | 61% | Ghostbusters II | Cinematographer | $110.4M | 1989 |
71% | 71% | Scrooged | Cinematographer | $58.2M | 1988 |
76% | 85% | The Lost Boys | Cinematographer | $31.7M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Annihilator | Director | - | 1986 |
10% | 47% | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Director | $251.9K | 1986 |
76% | 64% | The Man With Two Brains | Cinematographer | - | 1983 |
61% | 39% | All the Right Moves | Director | - | 1983 |
93% | 93% | Raging Bull | Cinematographer | $87.3K | 1980 |
89% | 87% | The Wanderers | Cinematographer | - | 1979 |
76% | 67% | Hardcore | Cinematographer | - | 1979 |
93% | 81% | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Cinematographer | - | 1978 |
63% | 73% | American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince | Cinematographer | - | 1978 |
98% | 94% | The Last Waltz | Cinematographer | $322K | 1978 |
83% | 69% | Fingers | Cinematographer | - | 1978 |
96% | 93% | Taxi Driver | Cinematographer | - | 1976 |
71% | 74% | The Front | Cinematographer | - | 1976 |
89% | 87% | The Last Detail | Cinematographer | - | 1973 |
QUOTES FROM Michael Chapman CHARACTERS
Hooligan at the bar says: Fack me gavnah this film is dog shiiiite
Hooligan at the bar says: Fack me gavnah this film is dog shite.