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Mr. Michael Chapman is an American cinematographer whose prominence owes most to his innovative work of the 1970s an 1980s. Mr. Chapman has shot over 45 feature films, including several from the celebrated American New Wave of the 1970s. He has been nominated for an Academy Award-for the Martin Scorsese picture Raging Bull and The Fugitive directed by Andrew Davis. He has also directed All The Right Moves a film starring Tom Cruise as one of the actors breakthrough roles. Mr. Chapman and was also the camera operator on the original Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg. Mr. Chapman had two major collaborations with Mr. Scorsese Raging Bull and Taxi Driver. Besides his work with Scorsese he has worked as a cinematographer for directors Hal Ashby, Philip Kaufman, Martin Ritt, Robert Towne, Michael Caton-Jones, Andrew Davis and Ivan Reitman. Mr. Chapam was also the principal cinematographer on the Scorsese's documentary The Last Waltz. Some of his credits include The Watcher, Six days Seven Nights, Space Jam, Primal Fear, Rising Sun, Scrooged, Ghotbusters II, The Lost Boys, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers to name but a few. You can email your questions to 123filmeasy@gmail.com Link: www.123FilmEasy.com Follow us on Twitter @123Film