Matthew Chapman (author)
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Matthew Chapman (born 1950) is a journalist, screenwriter, and director. He is the great-great grandson of Charles Darwin and grandson of Frances Cornford and Francis Cornford.
Chapman has written widely on the creation-evolution controversy in the US, particularly the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, in which 11 parents successfully sued the school district to prevent them from reading a required statement aloud in ninth-grade science classes whenever evolution was taught.
He has written numerous screenplays, had articles published in Harper's magazine and in Salon. He is married to the actress and documentary film producer Denise Dumont, and has a daughter, Anna Bella Charles Darwin Teixeira Chapman, and a stepson, Diogo Marzo.
[edit] Books
- Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir (2002)
- 40 Days and 40 Nights:Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, OxyContin, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania (2007)
[edit] Filmography
- Black Water Transit (2007)
- Runaway Jury (2003) (screenplay)
- What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) (screenplay)
- Color of Night (1994) (screenplay)
- Consenting Adults (1992) (written by)
- A Grande Arte (1991) (additional dialogue) (screenplay: English version)
- Heart of Midnight (1988) (screenplay, director)
- Slow Burn (1986) (screenplay, director)
- Stranger's Kiss (1983) (screenplay, director)
- Hussy (1980) (screenplay, director)
[edit] External links
Articles by Matthew Chapman:
- "What I Think About Brownback" at The Huffington Post
- God or gorilla: A Darwin descendant at the Dover monkey trial at Harper's Magazine
Articles about Matthew Chapman:
- "Darwin Descendant Reflects on Attacks on Evolution" - from NPR
- "Darwin's kin hears end of intelligent-design testimony" - article on Chapman's appearance at the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District hearing at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
