Michael Chapman

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-11-21 (85 years old)

Deathday

2020-09-20

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chapman (cinematographer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2021

The Rapist

as Retired Filmmaker

2012

1992

2004

Suspect Zero

as Prosecutor #1

1981

The Howling

as Man at End of Bar (uncredited)

2004

Eulogy

as Adult Film Cameraman

1988

Shoot to Kill

as Lawyer

1999

2001

Evolution

as Sheriff Long

1989

The Abyss

as Dr. Berg

1990

Kindergarten Cop

as Firefighter

1993

Rising Sun

as Fred Hoffman

1998

1991

Doc Hollywood

as Shooting Gallery Operator

1988

Gotham

as Landlord

1973

The Last Detail

as Taxi Driver

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Health Dept. Floor Cleaner (uncredited)

1989

Third Degree Burn

as Dan Rourke

2014

Walking on Sunshine

as Holiday Maker

Production

1976

Taxi Driver

as Director of Photography

1979

The Wanderers

as Director of Photography

2007

Bridge to Terabithia

as Director of Photography

1980

Raging Bull

as Director of Photography

1996

Primal Fear

as Director of Photography

1976

The Front

as Director of Photography

1990

Kindergarten Cop

as Director of Photography

1989

Ghostbusters II

as Director of Photography

1993

The Fugitive

as Director of Photography

2000

The Watcher

as Director of Photography

1998

Six Days Seven Nights

as Director of Photography

1983

The Man with Two Brains

as Director of Photography

1974

The White Dawn

as Director of Photography

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Director of Photography

2004

Suspect Zero

as Director of Photography

1993

Rising Sun

as Director of Photography

1991

Doc Hollywood

as Director of Photography

2001

Evolution

as Director of Photography

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as Director of Photography

1999

The Story of Us

as Director of Photography

1988

Scrooged

as Director of Photography

1968

The Thanksgiving Visitor

as Assistant Camera

1975

Jaws

as Camera Operator

1983

1970

The People Next Door

as Camera Operator

1970

Loving

as Camera Operator

1988

Gotham

as Director of Photography

1992

Whispers in the Dark

as Director of Photography

1972

The Godfather

as Camera Operator

1988

Shoot to Kill

as Director of Photography

2004

Eulogy

as Director of Photography

1979

Hardcore

as Director of Photography

1982

Personal Best

as Director of Photography

2004

House of D

as Director of Photography

1996

Space Jam

as Director of Photography

1995

The Viking Sagas

as Director

1995

1999

The White River Kid

as Director of Photography

1991

1975

Death Be Not Proud

as Director of Photography

1973

The Last Detail

as Director of Photography

1990

Quick Change

as Director of Photography

1976

The Next Man

as Director of Photography

1980

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

as Director of Photography

2006

Hoot

as Director of Photography

1971

Little Murders

as Camera Operator

1986

Annihilator

as Director

1978

Fingers

as Director of Photography

1971

Klute

as Camera Operator

1978

The Last Waltz

as Director of Photography

1965

Who Killed Teddy Bear?

as Assistant Camera

1978

Shoot the Sun Down

as Director of Photography

1978

1987

The Lost Boys

as Director of Photography

1970

The Landlord

as Camera Operator

1972

Up the Sandbox

as Camera Operator

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