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Michael Chapman

1935 - 2020

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Michael Crawford Chapman, ASC (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Michael Chapman is the 1,029th most popular film director (up from 1,035th in 2024), the 7,234th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,585th in 2019) and the 259th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Chapman ranks 1,029 out of 2,041. Before him are Melville Shavelson, Shyam Benegal, Jia Zhangke, Spike Jonze, Christopher McQuarrie, and Marleen Gorris. After him are Deeyah Khan, Abderrahmane Sissako, Chad Stahelski, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Edward Berger, and Tom DiCillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Michael Chapman ranks 339. Before him are Rosenda Monteros, Akgün Kaçmaz, Luigi Radice, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Ronald Lacey, and Tarcísio Meira. After him are Lewis Arquette, Víctor Benítez, Peter Grant, Mario Camus, Christina Pickles, and Mary Oliver. Among people deceased in 2020, Michael Chapman ranks 449. Before him are Claire Bretécher, José Luis Capón, Hau Pei-tsun, Günter Sawitzki, Valeriu Muravschi, and Edmund M. Clarke. After him are Damián Iguacén Borau, Edem Kodjo, Shirley Douglas, Gordon Haskell, Tonie Marshall, and Sergei Adian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Chapman ranks 7,236 out of 20,380. Before him are Tony Trabert (1930), Rube Goldberg (1883), David E. Kelley (1956), Henry B. Walthall (1878), Teri Weigel (1962), and Annette Rogers (1913). After him are Talisa Soto (1967), William Stokoe (1919), Terry Melcher (1942), Gabrielle Carteris (1961), Christina Maslach (1946), and Ernie Lively (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Michael Chapman ranks 259. Before him are Michael Hoffman (1956), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), John Berry (1917), Melville Shavelson (1917), Spike Jonze (1969), and Christopher McQuarrie (1968). After him are Chad Stahelski (1968), Tom DiCillo (1953), Jack Conway (1887), Gary Ross (1956), Caleb Deschanel (1944), and Harold Becker (1928).

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