Mark Chapman is an award-winning filmmaker and artist from North East, England. Working fluidly across fiction and documentary, his work reveals urgent contemporary stories that move between naturalism and expressiveness, altering the shape of the real world into something disturbing and mysterious.
He recently completed short thriller A WOMAN OF GOOD ABILITIES, which was supported by the BFI and starred Vinette Robinson (BOILING POINT) and James Nelson-Joyce (THIS CITY IS OURS).
Chapman’s debut photobook GOD’S PROMISES MEAN EVERYTHING explores isolation and displacement via a long-term study of a hostel resident from Teesside. The book was published by internationally renowned Dewi Lewis Publishing and launched during Photo London at Somerset House in May 2024.
Chapman’s hybrid documentary short CAMREX had its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival and has screened internationally at festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Encounters, IKFF Hamburg, Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia and Docs MX. Described by Sight & Sound as an, ‘enquiry into the interior mind, viewed from a range of six inches’, the film won numerous awards -including Best Film at ‘This is England’ Rouen British Film Festival and Special Mentions at Leeds International Film Festival and Magma International Short Film Festival- and has since been nominated for over 30 international awards.
He is currently developing his debut drama feature TRUANT. This project was one of 12 European projects selected for the UK-Italy development programme Feature Expanded, where he was mentored by Oscar-nominated & Cannes-prize winning producer Yorgos Tsourgiannis (DOGTOOTH). Feature Expanded is a collaboration between Home (Manchester) and Lo Schermo dell’arte Film Festival (Florence) for filmmakers/artists working towards their first feature film.
He is an alumnus of prestigious industry development programmes at Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale Talents) and BFI London Film Festival (NETWORK@LFF).
Chapman was recently selected for the BAFTA Connect scheme (2022-26) and is an associate member of Directors UK.
He is a Lecturer in Film & TV Production at the University of Greenwich, and has a PhD in film practice.
Email: contact@mark-chapman.co.uk