Camera

Michael Chapman

Born 1935-11-21

New York City, New York, USA

Department: Camera

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.

1989

TMDB3.7

Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (88 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
The Farmer and the Shark	Self	Movie	2025
The Rapist	Retired Filmmaker	Movie	2021
Re-Visitors from Outer Space, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pod	Self	Movie	2016
Walking on Sunshine	Holiday Maker	Movie	2014
Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987	Director	Movie	2013
Youssou N'Dour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar - Fatteliku	Director	Movie	2013
An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road	Self	Movie	2012
Side by Side	Self	Movie	2012
Travis' New York	Himself	Movie	2007
Bridge to Terabithia	Director of Photography	Movie	2007
Hoot	Director of Photography	Movie	2006
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring	Self	Movie	2005
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring	Self	Movie	2005
Raging Bull: After the Fight	Self	Movie	2005
Eulogy	Adult Film Cameraman	Movie	2004
Eulogy	Director of Photography	Movie	2004
Suspect Zero	Prosecutor #1	Movie	2004
Suspect Zero	Director of Photography	Movie	2004
House of D	Director of Photography	Movie	2004
Evolution	Sheriff Long	Movie	2001
Evolution	Director of Photography	Movie	2001
The Watcher	Director of Photography	Movie	2000
The Story of Us	Waiter	Movie	1999
The Story of Us	Director of Photography	Movie	1999
Making 'Taxi Driver'	Self	Movie	1999
The White River Kid	Director of Photography	Movie	1999
Six Days Seven Nights	Mechanic	Movie	1998
Six Days Seven Nights	Director of Photography	Movie	1998
In the Teeth of Jaws	Self	Movie	1997
Space Jam	Director of Photography	Movie	1996
Primal Fear	Director of Photography	Movie	1996
The Viking Sagas	Director	Movie	1995
The Viking Sagas	Story	Movie	1995
The Fugitive	Director of Photography	Movie	1993
Rising Sun	Fred Hoffman	Movie	1993
Rising Sun	Director of Photography	Movie	1993
Visions of Light	Self	Movie	1992
Whispers in the Dark	Director of Photography	Movie	1992
Doc Hollywood	Shooting Gallery Operator	Movie	1991
Doc Hollywood	Director of Photography	Movie	1991
Peter Gabriel - POV	Director	Movie	1991
Kindergarten Cop	Firefighter	Movie	1990
Kindergarten Cop	Director of Photography	Movie	1990
Quick Change	Director of Photography	Movie	1990
The Abyss	Dr. Berg	Movie	1989
Ghostbusters II	Director of Photography	Movie	1989
Third Degree Burn	Dan Rourke	Movie	1989
Scrooged	Director of Photography	Movie	1988
Gotham	Landlord	Movie	1988
Gotham	Director of Photography	Movie	1988
Shoot to Kill	Lawyer	Movie	1988
Shoot to Kill	Director of Photography	Movie	1988
The Lost Boys	Director of Photography	Movie	1987
Annihilator	Director	Movie	1986
The Clan of the Cave Bear	Director	Movie	1986
All the Right Moves	Director	Movie	1983
The Man with Two Brains	Director of Photography	Movie	1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	Director of Photography	Movie	1982
Personal Best	Director of Photography	Movie	1982
The Howling	Man at End of Bar (uncredited)	Movie	1981
Raging Bull	Director of Photography	Movie	1980
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty	Director of Photography	Movie	1980
The Wanderers	Director of Photography	Movie	1979
Hardcore	Director of Photography	Movie	1979
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Health Dept. Floor Cleaner (uncredited)	Movie	1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers	Director of Photography	Movie	1978
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince	Director of Photography	Movie	1978
Shoot the Sun Down	Director of Photography	Movie	1978
The Last Waltz	Director of Photography	Movie	1978
Fingers	Director of Photography	Movie	1978
King	Director of Photography	TV Series	1978
The Next Man	Director of Photography	Movie	1976
The Front	Director of Photography	Movie	1976
Taxi Driver	Director of Photography	Movie	1976
Jaws	Camera Operator	Movie	1975
Death Be Not Proud	Director of Photography	Movie	1975
The White Dawn	Director of Photography	Movie	1974
The Last Detail	Taxi Driver	Movie	1973
The Last Detail	Director of Photography	Movie	1973
Up the Sandbox	Camera Operator	Movie	1972
The Godfather	Camera Operator	Movie	1972
Klute	Camera Operator	Movie	1971
Little Murders	Camera Operator	Movie	1971
The People Next Door	Camera Operator	Movie	1970
The Landlord	Camera Operator	Movie	1970
Loving	Camera Operator	Movie	1970
The Thanksgiving Visitor	Assistant Camera	Movie	1968
Who Killed Teddy Bear?	Assistant Camera	Movie	1965