Chapman Way is an American documentary filmmaker. He is best known for co-creating the Netflix series Untold and for producing and directing the series Wild Wild Country, ', and '. In 2018, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series for Wild Wild Country.
Chapman was born in Ventura County, California. He is a grandson of actor Bing Russell and nephew of actor Kurt Russell.
Chapman began his filmmaking career with The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014), co-directed with his brother Maclain Way. The documentary explores the history of the independent Portland Mavericks baseball team and premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It was later acquired by Netflix.
In 2018, Chapman co-directed Wild Wild Country, a six-part Netflix series about the Rajneeshpuram community in Oregon, led by the spiritual leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho). The series received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.
In 2024, Chapman directed and produced ', which examines the criminal underworld of Tupelo, Mississippi, centered around a notorious local figure.
Chapman directed and produced ', an eight-episode Netflix series chronicling Jerry Jonesâ acquisition of the Dallas Cowboys and their 1990s dynasty.
Chapman co-created and worked on the Netflix series Untold, directing episodes such as ' (2021), ' (2021), and ' (2022). He also served as an executive producer for other episodes, including ', ', ', ', ', and '.
In 2016, Chapman directed a segment for AmazonâÂÂs docuseries The New Yorker Presents. In 2023, he produced the HBO documentary The Lionheart, a documentary about the life and legacy of IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon, focusing on his career and tragic death in 2011. In 2024, he served as an executive producer for ' and Untold: The Murder of Air McNair.