Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Chapman Way
American documentary filmmaker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Chapman Way is an American documentary filmmaker.[1][2] He is best known for co-creating the Netflix series Untold and for producing and directing the series Wild Wild Country, The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga, and America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys.[3][4][5][6] In 2018, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for Wild Wild Country.[7]
Remove ads
Early life
Chapman was born in Ventura County, California.[8] He is a grandson of actor Bing Russell and nephew of actor Kurt Russell.[9]
Career
Summarize
Perspective
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Chapman began his filmmaking career with The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014), co-directed with his brother Maclain Way. The documentary explores the history of the independent Portland Mavericks baseball team and premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.[10] It was later acquired by Netflix.[11]
Wild Wild Country
In 2018, Chapman co-directed Wild Wild Country, a six-part Netflix series about the Rajneeshpuram community in Oregon, led by the spiritual leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho).[12] The series received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.[7]
The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga
In 2024, Chapman directed and produced The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga, which examines the criminal underworld of Tupelo, Mississippi, centered around a notorious local figure.[13]
America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys
Chapman directed and produced America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys, an eight-episode Netflix series chronicling Jerry Jones’ acquisition of the Dallas Cowboys and their 1990s dynasty.[14]
Other Work
Chapman co-created and worked on the Netflix series Untold, directing episodes such as Untold: Crimes and Penalties (2021), Untold: Breaking Point (2021), and Untold: The Race of the Century (2022).[15] He also served as an executive producer for other episodes, including Untold: Caitlyn Jenner, Untold: Malice at the Palace, Untold: Deal with the Devil, Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist, Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1, and Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul.[16]
In 2016, Chapman directed a segment for Amazon’s docuseries The New Yorker Presents.[17] In 2023, he produced the HBO documentary The Lionheart, a documentary about the life and legacy of IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon, focusing on his career and tragic death in 2011.[18] In 2024, he served as an executive producer for American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders and Untold: The Murder of Air McNair.[19]
Remove ads
Filmography
Awards and nominations
Remove ads
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads