Introduction
Chapman Way is an American documentary film director and producer. He is best known for producing the Netflix documentary series Untold, Wild Wild Country and The Battered Bastards of Baseball.
Life and career
Chapman was born in Ventura County, California. He is a grandson of actor Bing Russell and nephew of actor Kurt Russell.
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. 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). He directed two documentary films Untold: Crimes and Penalties and Untold: Breaking Point, along with Maclain Way for Netflix in 2021.
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 |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Won | International Documentary Association | Best Limited Series | Wild Wild Country | |
| Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | |||
| 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 | ||
| 2021 | Nominated | International Documentary Association | Best Episodic Series | Untold |