Richard Chapman (Writer)

Dateline: Saigon

How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists -The New York Times' David Halberstam, the Associated Press' Malcolm Browne, Peter Arnett, and legendary photojournalist Horst Faas, and UPI's Neil Sheehan -- during the early years of the Vietnam War as President John F. Kennedy is secretly committing US troops to what is initially dismissed by some as 'a nice little war in a land of tigers and elephants.' 'When the government is telling the truth, reporters become a relatively unimportant conduit to what is happening,' Halberstam tells us. 'But when the government doesn't tell the truth, begins to twist the truth, hide the truth, then the journalist becomes involuntarily infinitely more important.'

Release Date: 2017-03-07

Department: Production

Job: Executive Producer

Vote Count: 1

Live from Baghdad

A group of CNN reporters wrestle with journalistic ethics and the life-and-death perils of reporting during the Gulf War.A Directors Guild Award-winning movie for director Mick Jackson, starring Michael Keaton and Helena Bonham Carter. In 1990, CNN was a 24-hour news network in search of a 24-hour story. They were about to find it in Baghdad. Veteran CNN producer Robert Wiener and his longtime producing partner Ingrid Formanek find themselves in Iraq on the eve of war. Up against the big three networks, Weiner and his team are rebels with a cause, willing to take risks to get the biggest stories and - unlike their rivals - take them live at a moment's notice. As Baghdad becomes an inevitable US target, one by one the networks pull out of the city until only the crew from CNN remains. With a full-scale war soon to be launched all around them, and CNN ready to broadcast whatever happens 24 hours a day, Wiener and Formanek are about to risk their lives for the story of a lifetime.

Release Date: 2002-12-07

Department: Production

Job: Co-Producer

Vote Count: 53

My Fellow Americans

They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.

Release Date: 1996-12-20

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 162

Hart to Hart Returns

Jonathan Hart, the wealthy entrepreneur, and his charming investigative reporter wife, Jennifer, once again get caught up in a mystery, this time involving corrupt government contractors. Aided by their trusty servant Max, who is more family than employee, and their dog Freeway, the Harts try to resolve issues with an investigation into Jonathan’s business dealings with an old friend in the aerospace industry, and find themselves in the midst of a dark plot which will put Jonathan’s freedom, their home, and even their lives in jeopardy.

Release Date: 1993-11-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 12

The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places

Henry Crawford is tricked into job swapping by an old friend with an evil plan.

Release Date: 1989-02-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1

The Absent-Minded Professor

Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. One day, Prof. Crawford makes an incredible discovery a form of rubber that defies gravity with each bounce, which he names Flubber. Hopefully, with this invention Crawford can prove to his love that he's not just a hopeless loser stuck doing dead-end research.

Release Date: 1988-11-27

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 2

Code Name: Foxfire

Pilot for TV series released on home video.

Release Date: 1985-01-27

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Code Name: Foxfire

An unorthodox trio of female government agents perform secret missions for the brother of the president of the United States.

Release Date: 1985-01-27

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Alex and the Doberman Gang

A more than slightly incompetent private eye inherits five doberman pinschers. The dogs at first create havoc with Alex's home and personal life, but soon become trusted allies and on more than one occasion help Alex solve cases.

Release Date: 1980-04-11

Department: Production

Job: Supervising Producer

The Amazing Dobermans

An ex-con man and his five trained Dobermans help a Treasury Dept. agent stop a racketeer and his gang.

Release Date: 1976-11-24

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 12