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Chris Dapkins

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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Memphis (2013)
Chris Dapkins is known for The Swell Season (2011), Be the Change You Want to See (2016) and Knife Point (2009).
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    The Swell Season (2011)
    The Swell Season
    6.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 2011
    Be the Change You Want to See
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016
    Knife Point (2009)
    Knife Point
    6.1
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2009
    Memphis (2013)
    Memphis
    5.3
    • Cinematographer
    • 2013

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • One Rehearses, the Other Doesn't (2025)
      One Rehearses, the Other Doesn't
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Tell Them You Love Me (2023)
      Tell Them You Love Me
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)
      Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
      7.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Salidas y Entradas Exits and Entrances (2018)
      Salidas y Entradas Exits and Entrances
      Video
      • director of photography
      • 2018
    • Itzhak Perlman in Itzhak (2017)
      Itzhak
      7.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Ava Gardner, Rock Hudson, and Lana Turner in Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017)
      Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
      6.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Hey L.A.!
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Unapologetic (2017)
      Unapologetic
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Enlighten Us (2016)
      Enlighten Us
      6.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Jane Jacobs in Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (2016)
      Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
      7.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Our Families
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Our Home
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Maggie Siff in A Woman, a Part (2016)
      A Woman, a Part
      5.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Memphis (2013)
      Memphis
      5.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • My Brooklyn (2012)
      My Brooklyn
      7.1
      • Cinematographer (as Christopher Dapkins)
      • 2012

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • additional cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2016
    • 3 Billy Goats
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 2010
    • Acting for the Camera (2009)
      Acting for the Camera
      7.4
      Short
      • second camera
      • 2009
    • Herb & Dorothy (2008)
      Herb & Dorothy
      7.5
      • additional camera
      • 2008

    Director

    • Be the Change You Want to See
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • The Swell Season (2011)
      The Swell Season
      6.9
      • co-director
      • 2011

    Videos3

    U.S. Version
    Trailer 1:43
    U.S. Version
    Memphis
    Trailer 2:04
    Memphis
    Memphis
    Trailer 2:04
    Memphis
    Knife Point
    Trailer 0:50
    Knife Point

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Christopher Dapkins

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Father, with girlfriend Gaby Hoffmann, of daughter Rosemary Dapkins, born on November 19, 2014.

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