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 ''

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'', for which he and his twin brother

Christopher Chapman Christopher Chapman (January 24, 1927 – October 24, 2015) was a Canadian film writer, director, editor and cinematographer. Best known for his award-winning 1967 short film ''A Place to Stand (film), A Place to Stand'', he also pioneered the m ...

jointly won the

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for Best Colour Cinematography at the 17th Canadian Film Awards in 1965.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 69-71. Francis and Christopher were the sons of architect Alfred Hirschfelder Chapman of

Chapman and Oxley Chapman and Oxley was a Toronto-based architectural firm that was responsible for designing a number of prominent buildings in the city during the 1920s and 1930s. Even with the departure of Chapman, the firm's last projects appeared to be in the l ...

and concert pianist Doris Dennison Chapman. As a director, his credits included episodes of ''

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'', '' Adventures in Rainbow Country'', '' McQueen'', ''

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'' and '' Téléfrançais''. He was also a Canadian Film Award nominee for

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at the

21st Canadian Film Awards The 21st Canadian Film Awards were held on October 4, 1969 to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 111-114. The cere ...

in 1969, for the ''McQueen'' pilot episode "There's a Car Upside Down on My Lawn". In 1984, Francis and Christopher collaborated on a three-dimensional nature film for the nascent

Science North Science North is an interactive science museum in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The science centre, which is Northern Ontario's most popular tourist attraction, consists of two snowflake-shaped buildings on the southwestern shore of Ramsey La ...

.Pam Hobbs, "Face to face with nature at Science North". ''

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'', August 11, 1984.

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* 1927 births 2020 deaths Canadian cinematographers Canadian documentary film directors Canadian television directors Film directors from Toronto Best Cinematography Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian twins {{Canada-cinematographer-stub