# Francis Chapman

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Canadian cinematographer and film and television director (1927–2020)

**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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Expedition_Bluenose&action=edit&redlink=1)*, for which he and his twin brother [Christopher Chapman](/source/Christopher_Chapman) jointly won the [Canadian Film Award](/source/Canadian_Film_Award) for [Best Colour Cinematography](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Cinematography) at the [17th Canadian Film Awards](/source/17th_Canadian_Film_Awards) in 1965.[1]

Francis and Christopher were the sons of architect Alfred Hirschfelder Chapman of [Chapman and Oxley](/source/Chapman_and_Oxley) and concert pianist Doris Dennison Chapman.[2]

As a director, his credits included episodes of *[United!](/source/United!)*, *[Adventures in Rainbow Country](/source/Adventures_in_Rainbow_Country)*, *[McQueen](/source/McQueen_(TV_series))*, *[The Starlost](/source/The_Starlost)* and *[Téléfrançais](/source/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9fran%C3%A7ais)*. He was also a Canadian Film Award nominee for [Best Director](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Director) at the [21st Canadian Film Awards](/source/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](/source/Science_North).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-topalovich_1-0)** Maria Topalovich, *And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards*. [Stoddart Publishing](/source/Stoddart_Publishing), 2000. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7737-3238-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7737-3238-1). pp. 69-71.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Francis Sweetland Chapman 1927-2020"](https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theglobeandmail/obituary.aspx?n=francis-sweetland-chapman&pid=196781388). *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, September 12, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Canadian Film Awards to be given Oct. 4". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, September 4, 1969.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Pam Hobbs, "Face to face with nature at Science North". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, August 11, 1984.

## External links

- [Francis Chapman](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152369/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography Canadian Film Award 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) Genie Award 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) Canadian Screen Award 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) Gayle Ye (2024) Jeremy Benning (2025) Note: From 1963 to 1969, two separate awards were consistently presented for colour and black-and-white cinematography. This distinction did not continue from 1970 on.

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