Chapman Way

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 Way
Born	Ventura County, California, U.S.
Occupations	Director producer
Years active	2014 – present
Relatives	Maclain Way (brother) Brocker Way (brother)

Life and career

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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Contribution	Note
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

Awards and nominations

Year	Result	Award	Category	Work	Ref.
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]