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Known For

Camera

Known Credits

86

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-11-21

Day of Death

2020-09-20 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Michael Chapman

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.

Known For

Acting

The Rapist

2021

The Rapist

as

Retired Filmmaker

Side by Side

2012

Side by Side

as

Self

Suspect Zero

2004

Suspect Zero

as

Prosecutor #1

Eulogy

2004

Eulogy

as

Adult Film Cameraman

The Howling

1981

The Howling

as

Man at End of Bar (uncredited)

Shoot to Kill

1988

Shoot to Kill

as

Lawyer

Six Days Seven Nights

1998

Six Days Seven Nights

as

Mechanic

Doc Hollywood

1991

Doc Hollywood

as

Shooting Gallery Operator

The Story of Us

1999

The Story of Us

as

Waiter

Evolution

2001

Evolution

as

Sheriff Long

Kindergarten Cop

1990

Kindergarten Cop

as

Firefighter

Rising Sun

1993

Rising Sun

as

Fred Hoffman

The Abyss

1989

The Abyss

as

Dr. Berg

Gotham

1988

Gotham

as

Landlord

The Last Detail

1973

The Last Detail

as

Taxi Driver

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as

Health Dept. Floor Cleaner (uncredited)

Third Degree Burn

1989

Third Degree Burn

as

Dan Rourke

Walking on Sunshine

2014

Walking on Sunshine

as

Holiday Maker

Production

Crew

Directing