Michael Chapman

Highest Rated: 95% Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (1993)
Lowest Rated: 10% House of D (2004)
Birthday: Nov 21, 1935
Birthplace: Not Available
After an apprenticeship as a documentary cameraman, Manhattan-born cinematographer Michael Chapman became another of the many talented lensmen given a professional leg-up by legendary cinematographer Gordon Willis. Chapman was a camera operator on such well-regarded 1970s films as The Godfather (1972) and Jaws (1975); in 1973, he finally attained director of photography status on The Last Detail. Some of his best work in the '80s was in old-fashioned but highly stylish black-and-white: Raging Bull (1980) and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982). In 1983, Chapman gave directing a try with the laudable All the Right Moves; his next and (thus far) last directorial gig was the beautifully lensed but dramatically threadbare Clan of the Cave Bear (1986). Chapman subsequently returned almost solely to cinematography, lensing a number of popular Hollywood films that included Kindergarten Cop (1990) and Andrew Davis' successful The Fugitive (1993).

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

CREDIT
93% Side by Side Michael Chapman $29.1K 2012
32% Eulogy Adult Film Cameraman $42.3K 2004
18% Suspect Zero Prosecutor No. 1 $8.6M 2004
10% House of D Doorman $0.4M 2004
43% Evolution Sheriff Long $37.6M 2001
28% The Story of Us Waiter — 1999
36% Six Days, Seven Nights Handsome Mechanic — 1998
No Score Yet The Viking Sagas Director — 1997
No Score Yet Raven Hawk Gordon Fowler — 1996
33% Rising Sun Fred Hoffman — 1993
95% Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography Actor — 1993
82% Quick Change Policeman at Grocery — 1990
No Score Yet Third Degree Burn Dan Rourke — 1989
10% The Clan of the Cave Bear Director — 1986
52% All the Right Moves Director — 1983
91% The Last Detail Taxi Driver — 1973

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