Mark David Chapman (born May 10, 1955) is an American prison inmate who pleaded guilty to murdering John Lennon on December 8, 1980. Chapman shot Lennon outside The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Chapman fired at Lennon five times, hitting him four times in his back. Chapman remained at the scene reading J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye until the police arrived and arrested him. Chapman repeatedly said that the novel was his statement.Chapman's legal team put forward an insanity defense based on expert testimony that he was in a delusional and possibly psychotic state at the time, but nearing the trial, Chapman instructed his lawyer that he wanted to plead guilty, based on what he had decided was the will of God. Judge Edwards allowed the plea change without further psychiatric assessment after Chapman denied hearing voices, and sentenced him to a prison term of twenty years to life with a stipulation that mental health treatment be provided. Chapman was imprisoned in 1981 and has been denied parole eight times amidst campaigns against his release.
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He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the film industry in Queensland through documentary production.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Paul Merton in Europe
2010
TV Mini-Series documentary series producer
Nova
2008
TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode
A Place in Spain: Costa Chaos
2007
TV Series executive producer
Paul Merton in China
2007
TV Mini-Series documentary supervising producer
Chaos at the Chateau
2007
TV Series documentary executive producer
Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999-2001
TV Series executive producer - 19 episodes
Perfect World
2000-2001
TV Series producer - 13 episodes
Hotel!
2001
TV Movie producer
A Place in the Sun
2000
TV Series documentary producer - 2004
Pilgrim's Rest
1997
TV Series producer
Great Railway Journeys
1994
TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode
Root Into Europe
1992
TV Series producer
The Driven Man
1991
TV Movie documentary producer
Omnibus
1990
TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode
Wax on Wheels
1989
TV Series producer - 1989
Q.E.D.
1988
TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode
Forty Minutes
1985-1987
TV Series documentary producer - 2 episodes
On the Piste
1987
TV Movie documentary producer
Hess
1986
TV Movie producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Place in Spain: Year 2
2005
TV Series
A Place in Greece: Year 2
2005
TV Series
A Place in Spain
2004
TV Series
Perfect World
2000
TV Series 6 episodes
A Place in the Sun
2000
TV Series documentary
Embassy
1997
TV Movie
Full Throttle
1995
TV Movie
Great Railway Journeys
1994
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Root Into Europe
1992
TV Series
The Driven Man
1991
TV Movie documentary
Omnibus
1990
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Q.E.D.
1990
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Forty Minutes
1983-1987
TV Series documentary 3 episodes
On the Piste
1987
TV Movie documentary
Hess
1986
TV Movie
The Cottage
1982
Short
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Perfect World
TV Series 1 episode, 2001 additional material - 12 episodes, 2000 - 2001