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Michael Chapman<\/strong>, a filmmaker and cinematographer responsible for some fo the most memorable imagery in American film history, has died at the age of 84. Chapman\u2019s long, impressive career included serving as Director of Photography on titles such as\u00a0Taxi Driver<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0Raging Bull<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0The Lost Boys<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0Ghostbusters II<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0The Fugitive<\/em><\/strong>, and, yes, even\u00a0Space Jam<\/em><\/strong>. His directorial credits include the 1983 Tom Cruise movie\u00a0All the Right Moves<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Michael Chapman has died at the age of 84. Chapman died of congestive heart failure at home in Los Angeles on September 20, and his death was announced via Twitter<\/a> by his wife,\u00a0screenwriter Amy Holden Jones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Goodbye to the love of my life. Michael Chapman Sept 20 2020 https:\/\/t.co\/rkhyjGjkMd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Amy Holden Jones (@aholdenj) September 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Chapman learned from the best, working as camera operator to famed cinematographer Gordon Willis<\/strong> on films like\u00a0Klute<\/em><\/strong> and\u00a0The Godfather<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/em>In 1973, he made his cinematographer debut on Hal Ashby<\/strong>\u2018s\u00a0The Last Detail<\/em><\/strong>. From there he would go on to shoot films for directors like Martin Scorsese<\/strong>,\u00a0Philip Kaufman<\/strong>, Ivan Reitman<\/strong>, and more. His work includes\u00a0Taxi Driver<\/em>,\u00a0The Last Waltz<\/em>, Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/em>,\u00a0Hardcore<\/em>,\u00a0Raging Bull<\/em>,\u00a0The Lost Boys<\/em>,\u00a0Ghostbusters II<\/em>,\u00a0Quick Change<\/em>,\u00a0Kindergarten Cop<\/em>,\u00a0The Fugitive<\/em>,\u00a0Space Jam<\/em>, and more. His final DOP credit was on 2007\u2019s\u00a0Bridge to Terabithia<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Chapman made his feature directorial debut on 1983\u2019s\u00a0All the Right Moves<\/em>. He followed that with 1986\u2019s\u00a0Clan of the Cave Bear<\/em>, and would only direct two more titles: the TV movie\u00a0Annihilator<\/em> and\u00a0The Viking Sagas.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In interviews, Chapman talked about how there was more to great cinematography than just making a pretty picture. \u201cPeople tend to think, oh, this is going to be beautiful, and that sometimes gets in the way. The visuals need to be app<\/a>ropriate, and sometimes beautiful is appropriate,\u201d he said<\/a>. Of his influences, Chapman added:<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, Hal Ashby had huge influence on me in the way that he hired me. But Gordy, of course, above all. Marty Scorsese, well, you can\u2019t help being influenced by him! It doesn\u2019t get any better than that, and I was really lucky to have done three or four different things with him. The one you didn\u2019t mention was Raoul Coutard. He\u2019s had a huge influence on me. On all of us, actually. He freed cinematography, opened it up. He demonstrated it can be absolutely off on its own, that it doesn\u2019t have to have all of the silly rules it used to have. Enormous influence on me. Of course, I\u2019m not the only one, but from the cinematographic point of view, Raoul Coutard was on the one end, Gordon Willis on the other, those were the two poles of cinematography, it seems to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Commenting on Chapman\u2019s death, frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese said<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cI consider myself so fortunate to have been able to work with\u00a0Michael Chapman. Michael and I made three films together\u2014Taxi Driver<\/em>, The Last Waltz<\/em>, and Raging Bull<\/em>, and he brought something rare and irreplaceable to each of them\u2026His relationship with the camera and the film that was running through it was intimate, mysterious, almost mystical. He was a great artist, and it saddens me that I won\u2019t get to see him again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In the video below, Chapman talks about his approach to cinematography.<\/p>\n