Francis Chapman
Francis Sweetland Chapman (January 24, 1927 - September 5, 2020) was a Canadian cinematographer and film and television director. He was most noted for the film Expedition Bluenose, for which he and his twin brother Christopher Chapman jointly won the Canadian Film Award for Best Colour Cinematography at the 17th Canadian Film Awards in 1965.[1]
Francis and Christopher were the sons of architect Alfred Hirschfelder Chapman of Chapman and Oxley and concert pianist Doris Dennison Chapman.[2]
As a director, his credits included episodes of United!, Adventures in Rainbow Country, McQueen, The Starlost and Téléfrançais. He was also a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Director at the 21st Canadian Film Awards in 1969, for the McQueen pilot episode "There's a Car Upside Down on My Lawn".[3]
In 1984, Francis and Christopher collaborated on a three-dimensional nature film for the nascent Science North.[4]
References
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 69-71.
- ^ "Francis Sweetland Chapman 1927-2020". The Globe and Mail, September 12, 2020.
- ^ "Canadian Film Awards to be given Oct. 4". The Globe and Mail, September 4, 1969.
- ^ Pam Hobbs, "Face to face with nature at Science North". The Globe and Mail, August 11, 1984.
External links
- Francis Chapman at IMDb
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1963–1978
- Donald Wilder and Guy Borremans (1963)
- Stan Brede and John Spotton (1964)
- Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman and Jean-Claude Labrecque (1965)
- Jean-Claude Labrecque and Georges Dufaux (1966)
- Gilles Gascon and Grahame Woods (1967)
- Georges Dufaux and Bernard Gosselin (1968)
- Réo Grégoire and Tony Ianzelo (1969)
- Bernard Chentrier (1970)
- Michel Brault (1971)
- Michel Brault (1972)
- Donald Wilder (1973)
- no award (1974)
- Paul Van der Linden (1975)
- Richard Leiterman (1976)
- Pierre Mignot (1977)
- Miklós Lente (1978)
1980–2011
- John Coquillon (1980)
- Michel Brault (1981)
- Richard Leiterman (1982)
- Michel Brault (1983)
- Pierre Mignot (1984)
- Pierre Mignot (1985)
- François Protat (1986)
- Pierre Mignot (1987)
- Guy Dufaux (1988)
- Peter Suschitzky (1989)
- Guy Dufaux (1990)
- Peter James (1991)
- Peter Suschitzky (1992)
- Alain Dostie (1993)
- Paul Sarossy (1994)
- Thomas Burstyn (1995)
- Peter Suschitzky (1996)
- Paul Sarossy (1997)
- Alain Dostie (1998)
- Paul Sarossy (1999)
- André Turpin (2000)
- Pierre Gill (2001)
- Paul Sarossy (2002)
- Allen Smith (2003)
- Paul Sarossy (2004)
- Giles Nuttgens (2005)
- Pierre Gill (2006)
- Peter Suschitzky (2007)
- Gregory Middleton (2008)
- Pierre Gill (2009)
- André Turpin (2010)
- Jean-François Lord (2011)
2012–present
- Nicolas Bolduc (2012)
- Nicolas Bolduc (2013)
- André Turpin (2014)
- Yves Bélanger (2015)
- André Turpin (2016)
- Nicolas Bolduc (2017)
- Sara Mishara (2018)
- Norm Li (2019)
- Maya Bankovic (2020)
- Sara Mishara (2021)
- Sara Mishara (2022)
- Jared Raab (2023)
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