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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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| 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 |
| 18% | 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 |
| 43% | 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 |
| 71% | 71% | Scrooged | Cinematographer | $58.2M | 1988 |
| 77% | 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 |
| 79% | 64% | The Man With Two Brains | Cinematographer | - | 1983 |
| 61% | 39% | All the Right Moves | Director | - | 1983 |
| 92% | 93% | Raging Bull | Cinematographer | $87.3K | 1980 |
| 77% | 67% | Hardcore | Cinematographer | - | 1979 |
| 89% | 87% | The Wanderers | Cinematographer | - | 1979 |
| 85% | 68% | 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 |