Robert Chappell

Filmes

MLK/FBI
Director of Photography
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Geraçao da Riqueza
Director of Photography
As imagens da artista Lauren Greenfield em seu ensaio fotográfico "Generation Wealth" ganham vida nesse documentário que eleva sua crítica aos valores deturpados da sociedade capitalista americana. O estudo da fotógrafa, que durou 25 anos, observa de perto pessoas cujo o desejo por prosperidade se tornou a força motriz e objetivo principal de suas vidas.
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
Cinematography
The strange story of John McAfee, who went from millionaire software mogul to yogi, Kurtz-like jungle recluse to potential murderer, and most recently a prospective presidential candidate for the American Libertarian Party.
Team Spirit
Cinematography
Errol Morris short film on sports fans who take their love with them to the grave and beyond.
Bobby Fischer Against the World
Director of Photography
The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer.
Tabloid
Director of Photography
A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.
Countdown to Zero
Camera Operator
Um documentario sobre a corrida armamentista nuclear.
Standard Operating Procedure
Director of Photography
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
Sob a Névoa da Guerra
Director of Photography
A história da América vista através dos olhos de Robert McNamara, ex-secretário de Defesa dos presidentes John F. Kennedy e Lyndon B. Johnson. Documentário sobre Robert McNamara, secretário de Defesa nas administrações Kennedy e Johnson, que posteriormente se tornou presidente do Banco Mundial. O documentário combina uma entrevista com o Sr. McNamara falando de algumas das tragédias e glórias do século 20, imagens de arquivo, documentos, e uma trilha sonora original de Philip Glass.
60 Spins Around the Sun
Director of Photography
Helmed by "Saturday Night Live" alumna Laura Kightlinger, this hourlong exposé chronicles -- warts and all -- the life of comedian turned activist Randy Credico, an up-and-coming funnyman whose candor tanked his career. But the end of his showbiz days didn't stop him: He switched gears and became a mouthpiece for various causes, including the fight against New York's draconian drug laws. Credico's peers and ex-girlfriends weigh in with insights.
The Quality Of Mercy
Director of Photography
An actress who clashes with a critic.
Without Mercy
Director
He' s been betrayed by his country, stripped of his honor and exiled to a foreign land. Now maverick Marine officer Frank Zagarino has found a way to get back what was stolen from him. And he'll get it-no matter what it takes.
The Sorceress of Dirah
Director
The Sorceress of Dirah is an experimental performance event of Balinese dances and legends, developed by the Javanese performance artist and choreographer, Sardono W. Kusuma, and restaged over many years, working with a group in the village of Teges in Bali. Presented widely in Europe and the USA in the mid-1970s, a film version of The Sorceress of Dirah was filmed in 35mm colour by Sardono working in Bali in 1992 with American cinematographer/ director Bob Chappell. Sardono uses a voice-over in English to introduce the various stages of his drama, but does not subtitle the incantations and utterances of the participants, in order to subject the audience to the full impact of his drama, wherein language is subordinate to the hypnotic, near hallucinatory, and at times frenzied, spell of the images.
Java Burn
Director
Back alleys are home to Nicky, who handles women and his fists with equal style. When he unknowingly sets up his girlfriend in an assassination plot, she escapes, only to become the hitman's next target and now Nicky must save her and himself.
A Tênue Linha da Morte
Director of Photography
O assassinato de um policial durante uma abordagem rotineira de trânsito provoca grande comoção pública na cidade de Dallas, Texas, em 1976. Mais de uma década depois Randall Adams, condenado pelo crime, aguarda sua execução em uma penitenciária estadual. Alternando depoimentos dos envolvidos no caso e reconstituições, Errol Morris apresenta uma investigação absorvente e imprevisível com uma conclusão surpreendente e controversa.
Jakarta
Director of Photography
A CIA agent roams the streets of New York haunted by the death of the beautiful woman he fell in love with while on assignment in Jakarta. When he is kidnapped and drugged, the destination is Jakarta once again where he tries to unravel the mystery that is the city which broke him three years earlier.
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
Cinematography
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics. Filmmaker Howard Brookner follows the avant-garde theatre director as he confronts a hectic work schedule, funding difficulties and relentless international travel in attempt to complete his preparations. The film examines Wilson’s unique theatrical style during The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down, which involves the continual creation of evocative stage sets, owing to a unique juxtaposition of movement, sound, text and image. Known for his precise, painterly images Wilson’s work derives more from visual art than the orthodox literary traditions of theatre. As a result, Wilson often challenges actors to perform in a boldly minimalist style, as well as collaborating with non-actors, such as young autistic poet Christopher Knowles in Einstein on the Beach.
Spookies
Director of Photography
Taking a wrong turn, travelers find themselves trapped in a mysterious house. One horror after another threatens them as the sorcerer who lives within needs sacrifices to give eternal life to his beautiful bride.