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- Birth nameChristopher Martin Chapman
- Christopher Chapman was born on January 24, 1927 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a cinematographer, known for A Place to Stand (1967), The Seasons (1954) and Kelly (1981). He died on October 24, 2015 in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada.
- He was named to the Order of Canada in 1987, and earned a Doctor of Laws from Ryerson University in 2000. Christopher also served as president of both the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Directors Guild of Canada.
- Chapman's "multiple dynamic images" process inspired the opening scene in his 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair. The split-screen technique, where a number of small screens, all full motion, move around the larger screen, was also used in The Boston Strangler (1968) and Airport (1970).
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