Personal Info
Birth date
1935-11-21 (89 Years)
Day of death
2020-09-20
Gender
Male
Known for
Camera
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
-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.
Filmography
Jaws
7.7
Overview:
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.The Godfather
8.686
Overview:
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.Taxi Driver
8.134
Overview:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.Bridge to Terabithia
7.306
Overview:
Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.The Fugitive
7.467
Overview:
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.King
6.9
Overview:
The story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., stretching from his days as a Southern Baptist minister in the South of the 1950s until his assassination in Memphis in 1968.Space Jam
6.814
Overview:
With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.The Abyss
7.355
Overview:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.Ghostbusters II
6.6
Overview:
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.Primal Fear
7.655
Overview:
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.Raging Bull
7.925
Overview:
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.The Lost Boys
7.082
Overview:
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.Evolution
6.1
Overview:
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.Kindergarten Cop
6.113
Overview:
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher to get the goods on a brutal drug lord while at the same time protecting the man's young son. Pitted against a class of boisterous moppets whose antics try his patience and test his mettle, Kimble may have met his match … in more ways than one.Six Days Seven Nights
6.083
Overview:
In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An emergency work assignment in neighboring Tahiti requires Robin to hire the cantankerous pilot Quinn Harris who had flown them to Makatea on a small transport plane. While flying, a powerful storm forces Quinn to make an emergency landing on a nearby deserted island. The dissimilar pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.Scrooged
6.784
Overview:
Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7.211
Overview:
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.The Watcher
5.112
Overview:
FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die.The Howling
6.58
Overview:
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.Quick Change
6.69
Overview:
With the aid of his girlfriend, Phyllis Potter, and best friend, Loomis, Grimm enters a Manhattan bank dressed as a clown, creates a hostage situation and executes a flawless robbery. The only thing left for the trio to do is make their getaway out of the city and to the airport. It sounds simple enough, but it seems that fate deserts them immediately after the bank heist. One mishap after another conspires to keep these robbers from reaching freedom.Klute
6.76
Overview:
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.Rising Sun
6.143
Overview:
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.Doc Hollywood
6.36
Overview:
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.All the Right Moves
5.792
Overview:
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.Walking on Sunshine
6.3
Overview:
Set to the music of popular hit songs from the 1980s. A beautiful coastal village, present day Italy. After a whirlwind romance, Maddie is preparing to marry gorgeous Italian Raf, and has invited her sister Taylor to the wedding. Unbeknownst to Maddie, however, Raf is Taylor's ex-holiday flame, and the love of her life...Eulogy
6.449
Overview:
A black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.The Last Detail
7
Overview:
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.The Wanderers
7
Overview:
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’Acting
2025The Farmer & the Shark as Self
2021The Rapist as Retired Filmmaker
2014Walking on Sunshine as Holiday Maker
2012An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road as Self
2012Side by Side as Self
2005Raging Bull: Inside the Ring as Self
2005Raging Bull: Outside the Ring as Self
2005Raging Bull: After the Fight as Self
2004Eulogy as Adult Film Cameraman
2004Suspect Zero as Prosecutor #1
2001Evolution as Sheriff Long
1999The Story of Us as Waiter
1999Making 'Taxi Driver' as Self
1998Six Days Seven Nights as Mechanic
1997In the Teeth of Jaws as Self
1993Rising Sun as Fred Hoffman
1992Visions of Light as Self
1991Doc Hollywood as Shooting Gallery Operator
1990Kindergarten Cop as Firefighter
1989The Abyss as Dr. Berg
1989Third Degree Burn as Dan Rourke
1988Gotham as Landlord
1988Shoot to Kill as Lawyer
1981The Howling as Man at End of Bar (uncredited)
1978Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Health Dept. Floor Cleaner (uncredited)
1973The Last Detail as Taxi Driver
Directing
2013Peter Gabriel: Live In Athens 1987 ... Director
2013Youssou N'Dour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar - Fatteliku ... Director
1995The Viking Sagas ... Director
1991Peter Gabriel - POV ... Director
1986Annihilator ... Director
1986The Clan of the Cave Bear ... Director
1983All the Right Moves ... Director
Camera
2007Bridge to Terabithia ... Director of Photography
2006Hoot ... Director of Photography
2004Eulogy ... Director of Photography
2004Suspect Zero ... Director of Photography
2004House of D ... Director of Photography
2001Evolution ... Director of Photography
2000The Watcher ... Director of Photography
1999The Story of Us ... Director of Photography
1999The White River Kid ... Director of Photography
1998Six Days Seven Nights ... Director of Photography
1996Space Jam ... Director of Photography
1996Primal Fear ... Director of Photography
1993The Fugitive ... Director of Photography
1993Rising Sun ... Director of Photography
1992Whispers in the Dark ... Director of Photography
1991Doc Hollywood ... Director of Photography
1990Kindergarten Cop ... Director of Photography
1990Quick Change ... Director of Photography
1989Ghostbusters II ... Director of Photography
1988Scrooged ... Director of Photography
1988Gotham ... Director of Photography
1988Shoot to Kill ... Director of Photography
1987The Lost Boys ... Director of Photography
1983The Man with Two Brains ... Director of Photography
1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ... Director of Photography
1982Personal Best ... Director of Photography
1980Raging Bull ... Director of Photography
1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty ... Director of Photography
1979The Wanderers ... Director of Photography
1979Hardcore ... Director of Photography
1978Invasion of the Body Snatchers ... Director of Photography
1978American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince ... Director of Photography
1978Shoot the Sun Down ... Director of Photography
1978The Last Waltz ... Director of Photography
1978Fingers ... Director of Photography
1978King (3 Episodes) ... Director of Photography
1976The Next Man ... Director of Photography
1976The Front ... Director of Photography
1976Taxi Driver ... Director of Photography
1975Jaws ... Camera Operator
1975Death Be Not Proud ... Director of Photography
1974The White Dawn ... Director of Photography
1973The Last Detail ... Director of Photography
1972Up the Sandbox ... Camera Operator
1972The Godfather ... Camera Operator
1971Klute ... Camera Operator
1971Little Murders ... Camera Operator
1970The People Next Door ... Camera Operator
1970The Landlord ... Camera Operator
1970Loving ... Camera Operator
1968The Thanksgiving Visitor ... Assistant Camera
1965Who Killed Teddy Bear? ... Assistant Camera
Writing
1995The Viking Sagas ... Story