About me

Simon Chapman is an Australian cinematographer based in Vancouver, Canada.

Graduating from the Australian national film school (AFTRS) in 2002, Chapman has been pursuing a life behind the lens since the age of 15. 

Simon is currently shooting season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender for Netflix.

2024 saw Simon complete shooting season 2 of ‘The Recruit’ for Netflix / eOne & Show runner Alexi Hawley. The show will be released worldwide on January 30 2025. In addition he shot the final season of Amazon Studio’s Upload with directors Daina Reid and Jeff Blitz. Simon has shot all 4 seasons of the popular comedy for show runner/creator Greg Daniels.

Simon shot 2 episodes of ‘The Night Agent’ with director Adam Arkin also for Netflix. This was the #1 most watched show on Netflix for 2023.

Simon shot some additional scenes for the Disney+ series ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ as well as shooting the pilot episode of “High Potential” for ABC alongside EP Drew Goddard and director Alethea Jones. The series went to series order shortly after.

In 2008 Simon shot his debut feature film ‘The Loved Ones’ which went on to win the top prize ‘Midnight Madness’ award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) as well as a gold ACS award.

Chapman then photographed the feature film ‘Cut Snake’ for director Tony Ayers in 2013 closely followed by the ‘The Devils Candy’ for director Sean Byrne (The Loved Ones) in 2014. Simon then shot feature film ‘Killing Ground’ which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival to much critical acclaim.

In Australia Chapman kept busy shooting a 6 part limited series for the ABC called ‘Glitch’ with director Emma Freeman, winning an ACS award for his work as well as numerous AACTA awards. Simon then shot ABC miniseries ‘Friday on my Mind’ for acclaimed director Matt Saville & followed that with procedural drama ‘Harrow’ for the ABC.

Simon has also worked in the UK on the iconic sci-fi series ‘Doctor Who’ for the BBC followed by the period drama ‘Gentleman Jack’ for HBO. This was another successful collaboration with director Jennifer Perrot and exec producer Sally Wainwright.

Other credits include ‘Lost in Space’ season 3 for Netflix working with director Julian Holmes and two season’s of ‘Space Force’ with show runner Greg Daniels.

I am a member of the IATSE Local 600 & Local 669

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