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Years active | 2014 – present |
Relatives | Maclain Way (brother) Brocker Way (brother) |
Chapman Way is an American documentary film director and producer. [1] [2] He is best known for producing the Netflix documentary series Untold , Wild Wild Country and The Battered Bastards of Baseball . [3] [4] [5]
Chapman was born in Ventura County, California. [6] He is a grandson of actor Bing Russell and nephew of actor Kurt Russell. [7]
In 2014, Chapman directed his debut feature documentary, The Battered Bastards of Baseball , along with Maclain Way, about the Portland Mavericks, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and acquired by Netflix as one of their Original documentaries. [8] In 2018, he directed a documentary series, Wild Wild Country , along with Maclain Way for Netflix about the controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho). [9] He directed two documentary films Untold: Crimes and Penalties and Untold: Breaking Point , along with Maclain Way for Netflix in 2021. [10]
Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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2014 | The Battered Bastards of Baseball | Director, editor, cinematographer and producer | Documentary |
2016 | The New Yorker Presents | Director and producer | 1 episode |
2018 | Wild Wild Country | Director, sound mixer and producer | Documentary series |
2021 | Untold: Crimes & Penalties | Director and producer | Documentary |
2021 | Untold: Breaking Point | Director and producer | Documentary |
2021 | Untold: Caitlyn Jenner | Executive Producer | Documentary |
2021 | Untold: Malice at the Palace | Executive Producer | Documentary |
2021 | Untold: Deal with the Devil | Executive Producer | Documentary |
2022 | Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist | Executive Producer | Documentary |
2022 | Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1 | Executive Producer | Documentary |
2022 | Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul | Executive Producer | Documentary |
2022 | Untold: The Race of the Century | Director and producer | Documentary |
2024 | The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga | Director and Executive producer | Documentary series |
Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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2018 | Won | International Documentary Association | Best Limited Series | Wild Wild Country | [11] |
Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | [12] | ||
Nominated | Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program | ||||
Nominated | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program | ||||
2019 | Nominated | Cinema Eye Honors | Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast | [13] | |
2021 | Nominated | International Documentary Association | Best Episodic Series | Untold | [14] |
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