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Michael Chapman

Highest Rated: 100% Deadly Pursuit (1988)

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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Highest rated movies

100% 64% Deadly Pursuit
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98% 94% The Last Waltz
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96% 89% The Fugitive
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95% 85% Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
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93% 82% Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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92% 93% Raging Bull
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89% 87% The Wanderers
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89% 93% Taxi Driver Watchlist
87% 87% The Last Detail
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85% 69% Fingers
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Filmography

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Credit
85% 70% Bridge to Terabithia Cinematographer $82.2M 2007
26% 54% Hoot Cinematographer $8.1M 2006
10% 73% House of D Cinematographer $371.1K 2004
17% 38% Suspect Zero Cinematographer $8.7M 2004
35% 71% Eulogy Cinematographer $70.5K 2004
44% 48% Evolution Sheriff Long (Character),
Cinematographer
$38.3M 2001
11% 28% The Watcher Cinematographer $28.9M 2000
26% 58% The Story of Us Cinematographer $27.1M 1999
No Score Yet 17% The White River Kid Cinematographer - 1999
44% 63% Space Jam Cinematographer $90.4M 1996
77% 89% Primal Fear Cinematographer $56.1M 1996
No Score Yet 80% Raven Hawk Gordon Fowler (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 32% The Viking Sagas Director - 1995
33% 40% Rising Sun Cinematographer $62.5M 1993
96% 89% The Fugitive Cinematographer $183.8M 1993
95% 85% Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography Unknown (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baroque Duet Cinematographer - 1992
54% 52% Kindergarten Cop Cinematographer $88.6M 1990
84% 71% Quick Change Cinematographer $14.0M 1990
55% 61% Ghostbusters II Cinematographer $110.4M 1989
No Score Yet 14% Third Degree Burn Dan Rourke (Character) - 1989
100% 64% Deadly Pursuit Cinematographer $29.3M 1988
71% 71% Scrooged Cinematographer $58.2M 1988
75% 85% The Lost Boys Cinematographer $31.7M 1987
10% 47% The Clan of the Cave Bear Director $251.9K 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Annihilator Director - 1986
80% 64% The Man With Two Brains Cinematographer - 1983
61% 39% All the Right Moves Director - 1983
92% 93% Raging Bull Cinematographer $87.3K 1980
80% 67% Hardcore Cinematographer - 1979
89% 87% The Wanderers Cinematographer - 1979
85% 69% Fingers Cinematographer - 1978
93% 82% Invasion of the Body Snatchers Cinematographer - 1978
98% 94% The Last Waltz Cinematographer $322.0K 1978
67% 73% American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince Cinematographer - 1978
69% 74% The Front Cinematographer - 1976
89% 93% Taxi Driver Cinematographer - 1976
87% 87% The Last Detail Taxi Driver (Character),
Cinematographer
- 1973