RIP Michael Chapman .

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RIP #MichaelChapman

Not quite the household name as some of the other star cinematographers, but when you have a career that stretches from #Spielberg & #Scorsese to Space Jam, and everyone/thing in between, well, you have to be considered one of the all-timers.

Just look at the list of movies he worked on as a camera operator: Husbands, Klute, The Godfather…Jaws!

And then, just look at the genre-defying work as a cinematographer: The Fugitive, the severely underrated Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Scrooged, Personal Best, The Man with Two Brains, The Lost Boys, and, of course, the 1-2 MS punch of Taxi Driver & Raging Bull!

Look at the list of directors, I mean, he's a one-man collection of film history right there: SS, MS, Coppola, Ashby, Cassavetes, Pakula, Schrader, Towne, Reiner(*both* of them), Kaufman, Schumacher…so boldfaced just one name will do!

Look at the run he had in the 70s, he wasn't a part of cinema history…he *was* cinema history! And then that late 80s, mid-90s run…he was mainstream movie history…

And here's the kicker…he never won an #Oscar…never!, not one, no #Oscars…boggles the mind, no?

But that little bauble pales in comparison to the astonishing cinematic legacy he leaves behind, and his indelible mark on movie history.

#ThePoetOfTheSidewalks

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#RIP #Chapman #cinematographer #DP #DoP #film #cinema #artist #legend

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Taxi Driver (1976)
The Last Detail (1973)
Raging Bull (1980)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
The Fugitive (1993)
The Last Waltz (1978)
Personal Best (1982)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Quick Change (1990)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Space Jam (1996)
Scrooged (1988)
Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Primal Fear (1996)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Shoot to Kill (1988)
Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Hardcore (1979)
Suspect Zero (2004)
Rising Sun (1993)
The Wanderers (1979)
Jaws (1975)
The Godfather (1971)
Klute (1971)
Husbands (1970)
The Landlord (1970)
All the Right Moves (1983)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987 (2013)

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