---
name: "David Chapman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-chapman"
fi1m_id: "david-chapman"
imdb_id: "nm0152343"
tmdb_id: 3286
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "11 November 1938"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T03:16:16.164614+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Chapman

## Identity

David Chapman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-chapman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-chapman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0152343
- **TMDB ID:** 3286
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152343/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3286

Production designer. Born 11 November 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 11 November 1938, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- **Active:** 1987–2000
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (1), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152343/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3286

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*High Fidelity*](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md) (82)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Dirty Dancing*](https://film.one/film/dirty-dancing.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Chapman is an American production designer and art director. His film credits include production design on *Dirty Dancing* (1987), *Grumpy Old Men* (1993), *High Fidelity* (2000) and *My Life in Ruins* (2009), as well as art direction on *The Cotton Club* (1984) and *Wolfen* (1981).

He has also worked on television projects such as episodes of *Chicago Justice* (2017) and several Jesse Stone television films.

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *High Fidelity* (2000), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *Dirty Dancing* (1987), Fi1m 79, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-dancing.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise* (2015), Production Design
- *The Watsons Go to Birmingham* (2013), Production Design
- *Steel Magnolias* (2012), Production Design
- *Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt* (2012), Production Design
- *November Christmas* (2011), Production Designer
- *Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost* (2011), Production Design
- *Jesse Stone: No Remorse* (2010), Production Design
- *My Life in Ruins* (2009), Production Design
- *Sex and Breakfast* (2007), Production Design
- *Jesse Stone: Sea Change* (2007), Production Design
- *Black Snake Moan* (2006), as Red
- *Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise* (2006), Production Design
- *Jesse Stone: Night Passage* (2006), Production Design
- *Elvis* (2005), series, Production Design
- *Welcome to Mooseport* (2004), Production Design
- *High Fidelity* (2000), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md)
- *Universal Soldier: The Return* (1999), Production Design
- *Simon Birch* (1998), as Old Man #2 · Production Design
- *Mistrial* (1996), Production Design
- *Two If by Sea* (1996), Production Design
- *Let It Be Me* (1995), Production Design
- *Trial by Jury* (1994), Production Design
- *The Favor* (1994), Production Design
- *Grumpy Old Men* (1993), Production Design
- *Mad Dog and Glory* (1993), Production Design
- *This Is My Life* (1992), Production Design
- *Opportunity Knocks* (1990), Production Designer
- *Last Exit to Brooklyn* (1989), Production Design
- *Mystic Pizza* (1988), Production Design
- *Dirty Dancing* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-dancing.md)
- *The Cotton Club* (1984), as Art Direction
- *Four Friends* (1981), Production Design
- *Wolfen* (1981), as Art Direction
- *The Seduction of Joe Tynan* (1979), as Art Direction
- *The Fantastic Seven* (1979), Production Design
- *You Can't Go Home Again* (1979), as Art Direction
- *Somebody Killed Her Husband* (1978), as Art Direction

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