Simon Chapman

Movies

A Guide to Dating at the End of the World
Director of Photography
After their first date, Alex declares she would not go out with John even if he were the last man on Earth. The next day she wakes to find he is exactly that. With everyone gone they have time to get to know each other and all is going swell until they meet Wendy, the smarter and prettier 'other woman' - and she has a plan to bring everyone back. Will Wendy come between Alex and John as she tries to save the world? Not if Alex and her trusty Epilady have anything to do with it. Sometimes all it takes is an apocalyptic catastrophe to help you find your true love.
Light of My Life
"B" Camera Operator
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
Hitchhiker
Director of Photography
The lives of four strangers collide on a lonely highway.
Killing Ground
Director of Photography
A couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.
The Devil's Candy
Director of Photography
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
Joe Cinque's Consolation
Director of Photography
In late 1997, Anu Singh, an attractive law student in Canberra, made plans to kill her boyfriend Joe Cinque after throwing a series of macabre farewell dinner parties. The dinner guests, most of them university students, had heard various rumours about her plan, but nobody warned Joe. Joe's death and the subsequent trial drew the attention of the whole country, as the broader community struggled to come terms with how a life could fall through so many hands.
Cut Snake
Director of Photography
Young, charismatic, and hardworking, Sparra Farrell seems to be sailing into a happy, respectable life. He has a solid job and an adorable fiancée named Paula, and already owns a modest house in the country outside Melbourne. The only odd thing is that Sparra says precious little about his past — but that past is about to catch up with him, and wrest control of his present.
The Little Death
Director of Photography
A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies.
Bat Eyes
Director of Photography
The confusion of first love, sexual awakening and the poetry of W.B. Yeats explored.
A Burning Thing
Director of Photography
An affair between an arsonist and a volunteer rural firefighter burns out of control.
Griff the Invisible
Director of Photography
Griff, office worker by day, superhero by night, has his world turned upside down when he meets Melody, a beautiful young scientist who shares his passion for the impossible.
The Loved Ones
Director of Photography
When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
The Black Balloon
"B" Camera Operator
Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
Basilisk Stare
Director of Photography
A film about obsession, sexuality, devotion and paranoia.
Deck Dogz
Second Unit Director of Photography
It is a movie about three teen skaters, played by young Australian actors Richard Wilson, Sean Kennedy and Ho Thi Lu. Their characters Poker, Spasm and Blue Flame, are trying to escape the law, their school, their parents, their demons and a couple of low-life criminals to realise their burning ambition — to meet world class skating champion, Tony Hawk.