Michael Chapman
Born	Michael Chapman November 21, 1935 (1935-11-21) (age 74) New York, N.Y., USA
Other names	Mike Chapman
Occupation	Cinematographer Actor & Director

Michael Chapman A.S.C. (born November 21, 1935) is an American cinematographer whose prominence owes most to his innovative work of the 1970s and 1980s.

He began his career as a camera operator, distinguishing himself on Steven Spielberg's Jaws. As a cinematographer, he became famous for his two collaborations with Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Chapman was also cinematographer for the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Chapman's style tends towards high contrasts and aggressive use of strong colors. He is also extremely adept at setting up complex camera movements quickly and improvising on the set. This style is epitomized in the boxing sequences in Raging Bull, during which the camera was often strapped to the actors through improvised rigs. Chapman was also the principal cinematographer on Scorsese's documentary The Last Waltz.

Besides his work with Scorsese, Chapman has worked as Director of Photography for directors Hal Ashby, Philip Kaufman, Martin Ritt, Robert Towne, Michael Caton-Jones, Andrew Davis, and Ivan Reitman. He occasionally makes cameos in films he shoots. He has directed several films, the best known being All the Right Moves (1983), starring Tom Cruise in one of that actor's breakthrough roles.

His most recent film was Bridge to Terabithia. According to the DVD commentary, Chapman was planning to retire after the film was finished, saying he would have the last film he shot be a good one.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2007	Bridge to Terabithia	Cinematographer
2006	Hoot	Cinematographer
2004	Suspect Zero	Cinematographer / Actor
	House of D	Cinematographer / Actor
	Eulogy	Cinematographer / Actor
2001	Evolution	Cinematographer
2000	The Watcher	Cinematographer
1999	The Story of Us	Cinematographer
1998	Six Days, Seven Nights	Cinematographer
1996	Space Jam	Cinematographer
	Raven Hawk	Actor
	Primal Fear	Cinematographer
1995	The Viking Sagas	Director
1993	Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (Doc)	Interviewee
	The Fugitive	Cinematographer
	Rising Sun	Cinematographer / Actor
1992	Whipsers in the Dark	Cinematographer
1991	Doc Hollywood	Cinematographer / Actor
1990	Quick Change	Cinematographer / Actor
	Kindergarten Cop	Cinematographer / Actor
1989	Third Degree Burn (TV)	Actor (Starring)
	Ghostbusters 2	Cinematographer
1988	Shoot to Kill	Cinematographer / Actor
	Scrooged	Cinematographer
	Gotham: The Dead Can't Lie	Cinematographer
1987	The Lost Boys	Cinematographer
	Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series)	Producer
1986	The Clan of the Cave Bear	Director
	The Annihilator (TV)	Director
	Legal Eagles	Songwriter
1983	The Man with Two Brains	Cinematographer
	All the Right Moves	Director / Cinematographer
1982	Personal Best	Cinematographer
	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	Cinematographer
1980	Raging Bull	Cinematographer
1979	The Wanderers	Cinematographer
	Hardcore	Cinematographer
1978	The Last Waltz (Doc)	Cinematographer
	King: The Martin Luther King Story (TV)	Cinematographer
	Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Cinematographer
	Fingers	Cinematographer
1976	The Next Man The Arab Conspiracy	Cinematographer
	The Front	Cinematographer
	Taxi Driver	Cinematographer
1975	Jaws	Camera Operator
	Death Be Not Proud (TV)	Cinematographer
1974	The White Dawn	Cinematographer
1973	The Last Detail	Cinematographer / Actor
1972	The Godfather	Camera Operator
1970	The Landlord	Camera Operator
1968	Frontier	Producer

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Michael Chapman at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Chapman video at the Peoples Archive

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