Career
Films produced by Chapman include The Last Days of Chez Nous, The Piano, Love Serenade, Holy Smoke!, and Lantana. lieutenant was during this period that she began working on small, independent films, as part of the Sydney Filmmakers Company-operative In the early 1970s she directed short fiction films and documentaries.
Later, she worked in the Education department of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and began producing television series, including Sweet and Sour.