Michael Chapman

ActorDirectorCinematographerWriter Nov 21 (died age 84) New York City, New York, USA 1965–2025 (60 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Godfather

Camera Operator

Film

Taxi Driver

Director of Photography

Film

Jaws

Camera Operator

Film

Raging Bull

Director of Photography

Film

Primal Fear

Director of Photography

Film

The Fugitive

Director of Photography

Film

Bridge to Terabithia

Director of Photography

Film

Space Jam

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (26)

Movies (26)

The Farmer & the Shark

2025

as Self

The Rapist

2021

as Retired Filmmaker

Walking on Sunshine

as Holiday Maker

Side by Side

as Self

An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road

2012

as Self

6.0

Raging Bull: Outside the Ring

2005

as Self

8.0

Raging Bull: Inside the Ring

2005

as Self

9.0

Raging Bull: After the Fight

as Self

Suspect Zero

as Prosecutor #1

Eulogy

as Adult Film Cameraman

Evolution

as Sheriff Long

The Story of Us

as Waiter

Making 'Taxi Driver'

as Self

Six Days Seven Nights

as Mechanic

In the Teeth of Jaws

as Self

Rising Sun

as Fred Hoffman

Visions of Light

as Self

Doc Hollywood

as Shooting Gallery Operator

Kindergarten Cop

as Firefighter

The Abyss

as Dr. Berg

Third Degree Burn

as Dan Rourke

Shoot to Kill

as Lawyer

Gotham

as Landlord

The Howling

as Man at End of Bar (uncredited)

6.6

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

as Health Dept. Floor Cleaner (uncredited)

7.2

The Last Detail

1973

as Taxi Driver

7.0

Crew (60)

Movies (59)

Youssou N'Dour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar - Fatteliku

2013

Director

8.0

Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987

2013

Director

8.0

Bridge to Terabithia

2007

Director of Photography

7.3

Hoot

2006

Director of Photography

5.7

Suspect Zero

2004

Director of Photography

5.5

House of D

2004

Director of Photography

6.3

Eulogy

2004

Director of Photography

6.4

Evolution

2001

Director of Photography

6.1

The Watcher

2000

Director of Photography

5.1

The Story of Us

1999

Director of Photography

6.1

The White River Kid

1999

Director of Photography

4.9

Six Days Seven Nights

1998

Director of Photography

6.1

Primal Fear

1996

Director of Photography

7.7

Space Jam

1996

Director of Photography

The Viking Sagas

Director

The Viking Sagas

Story

The Fugitive

Director of Photography

7.5

Rising Sun

1993

Director of Photography

6.1

Whispers in the Dark

1992

Director of Photography

4.9

Doc Hollywood

1991

Director of Photography

6.4

Peter Gabriel - POV

1991

Director

Kindergarten Cop

1990

Director of Photography

6.1

Quick Change

1990

Director of Photography

6.7

Ghostbusters II

1989

Director of Photography

6.6

Scrooged

1988

Director of Photography

6.8

Shoot to Kill

1988

Director of Photography

6.6

Gotham

1988

Director of Photography

5.5

The Lost Boys

1987

Director of Photography

7.1

Annihilator

1986

Director

5.0

The Clan of the Cave Bear

Director

All the Right Moves

Director

The Man with Two Brains

1983

Director of Photography

6.2

Personal Best

1982

Director of Photography

5.9

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

Director of Photography

6.7

Raging Bull

1980

Director of Photography

7.9

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

1980

Director of Photography

6.5

Hardcore

1979

Director of Photography

6.7

The Wanderers

1979

Director of Photography

7.0

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

Director of Photography

7.2

Fingers

1978

Director of Photography

6.3

The Last Waltz

1978

Director of Photography

7.6

Shoot the Sun Down

1978

Director of Photography

4.9

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince

1978

Director of Photography

6.6

Taxi Driver

1976

Director of Photography

8.1

The Next Man

1976

Director of Photography

4.4

The Front

1976

Director of Photography

Jaws

Camera Operator

Death Be Not Proud

Director of Photography

6.0

The White Dawn

1974

Director of Photography

6.6

The Last Detail

1973

Director of Photography

The Godfather

Camera Operator

Up the Sandbox

Camera Operator

Klute

Camera Operator

Little Murders

Camera Operator

Loving

Camera Operator

The People Next Door

Camera Operator

The Landlord

Camera Operator

The Thanksgiving Visitor

1968

Assistant Camera

7.0

Who Killed Teddy Bear?

1965

Assistant Camera

6.2

Television (1)

King

1978

Director of Photography

6.4