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The Resident (2018–2023) Spouse. Michael Chapman. Amy Holden Jones is an American screenwriter and film director best known for directing The Slumber Party Massacre [1] and for creating the FOX medical drama The Resident. [2][3] She has edited various films and later began directing and writing. She currently works in television.
Chapman was married to screenwriter Amy Holden Jones. His father-in-law, Joe Brun, was an Oscar-nominated cinematographer who had emigrated from France in the early 20th century.
- The original script for The Slumber Party Massacre was written by feminist icon Rita Mae Brown. Flush with cash from the surprise success of her debut novel, Rubyfruit Jungle, Brown moved to Los Angeles in 1973, where she connected with Frances Doel, a story editor for legendary producer Roger Corman.
- Amy Holden Jones backed out of editing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to direct The Slumber Party Massacre. Jones was an editor and documentary filmmaker who had gotten her first taste of feature film production in 1975 when she worked as an assistant to Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver.
- The Slumber Party Massacre started as a test reel shot by Oscar-nominated Raging Bull cinematographer Michael Chapman. The test reel Jones shot has long been lost, and that’s a shame—it was lensed by her husband, acclaimed cinematographer Michael Chapman.
- Jones agreed to direct the film before she had read the entire script. When Corman saw Jones’s test reel and learned she had made it for about $1000, he immediately hired her to make the entire film.
Amy Holden Jones was born on 17 September 1953 in Florida, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Resident (2018), Mystic Pizza (1988) and Indecent Proposal (1993). She was previously married to Michael Chapman.
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- Writer, Producer, Director
- Florida, USA
- Amy Holden Jones
Sep 22, 2020 · Michael Chapman, the cinematographer who lensed classics like “The Fugitive” and “Raging Bull, died on Sunday. His wife, screenwriter Amy Holden Jones made the announcement on Twitter.
Sep 21, 2020 · News. September 21, 2020. In Memoriam: Michael Chapman, ASC (1935-2020) The cinematographer and two-time Oscar nominee — best-known for features including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Fugitive — passed on Sept. 20 at the age of 84. David E. Williams.
Sep 22, 2020 · His spouse, screenwriter and film director Amy Holden Jones’ Facebook page confirmed the news of his death, writing: “ Michael Chapman ASC, love of my entire adult life, has passed. Until...
