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John Chapman(1946-1983)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
  • Cinematographer
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John Chapman was born in 1946 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Apocalypse Now (1979), There But for Fortune: Joan Baez in Latin America (1982) and In the Name of the People (1985). He died in 1983.
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Died1983
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Died1983
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Known for

Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now
8.4
  • Production Department
  • 1979
Joan Baez in There But for Fortune: Joan Baez in Latin America (1982)
There But for Fortune: Joan Baez in Latin America
TV Special
  • Director
  • 1982
In the Name of the People (1985)
In the Name of the People
7.7
  • Cinematographer
  • 1985
Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau (1984)
Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau
5.7
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1984

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau (1984)
    Strategic Trust: The Making of a Nuclear Free Palau
    5.7
    • additional photography
    • 1984
  • Americas in Transition (1982)
    Americas in Transition
    7.5
    Short
    • camera operator
    • 1982

Director

  • Joan Baez in There But for Fortune: Joan Baez in Latin America (1982)
    There But for Fortune: Joan Baez in Latin America
    TV Special
    • Director
    • 1982

Cinematographer

  • In the Name of the People (1985)
    In the Name of the People
    7.7
    • director of photography
    • 1985

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • John Alfred Chapman
  • Born
    • 1946
    • Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Died
    • 1983
  • Relatives
      Joseph Bottoms(Niece or Nephew)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    His sister Betty Bottoms (née Chapman) is mother of the Bottoms acting brothers.

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