In The Beginning….

From a small-town beginning, to continuing his career on the West Coast, Guy Chapman has spent the last decade moving himself forward in the fields of visual, interactive, and entertainment medias, to establish himself as a writer, an artist, and a filmmaker.

The Boy Next Door.

Born the youngest of two children, Guy began life in the small town of Corsicana, Texas, an hour south of Dallas. As a child, his parents kept him continually immersed in the worlds of theater, music, literature and travel, while still allowing his imaginative nature to pursue his own artistic interests. It was here where his love of film, video gaming, and drawing took form, and continued to influence his life.

At the age of six, Guy briefly relocated with his mother to Pensacola, Florida to attend to his grandfather, who was dying of cancer. It was here where Guy's love of the beach and the outdoors began, remaining strong even after he moved back to Texas.

In high school, Guy maintained a busy schedule mostly revolving around his friends, but also involvement in yearbook, school newspaper contributions, and a role in student council for the majority of his high school career. It was here where his interests in art began to further develop, and was given an Art scholarship to continue his education at Navarro College.

You Can Make A Living Playing Video Games .

As Guy continued his education, life had several surprises in store for him. He began to work more independently as an artist outside of school, helping friends with projects, and eventually changing his major from Art to Radio/Television/Film.

In 1995, he began his career in the video game industry, working as Quality Assurance support (later adding Marketing Assistant and Website Coordinator roles to his responsibilities) at Williams Entertainment, which later became Midway Home Entertainment. He was responsible for helping to launch Doom and Mortal Kombat 3 for the 16-Bit platforms.

It was this experience that broadened his career growth and travels around the US, as he balanced a busy schedule at home with school, friends, and frequent visits to Deep Ellum, the art district in Dallas, which become a major creative influence. It was also during these years that Guy purchased his first camcorder, documenting the events of his friends' lives (and his own) as they continually unfolded.

Shortly before he turned twenty-one, Guy's mother was diagnosed with lung cancer and passed away two months after. The experience marked a profound change in Guy's life, which restructured many of his priorities. Guy threw himself more into his own personal projects, including more travel opportunities, the creation of his webpage, involvement with the Warehouse Living Arts Center (a local community theater), and his writing. After graduating junior college, he left Midway in 1999 to pursue a film degree at the University of North Texas in Denton. His personal experiences broadened in more unorthodox ways, including bungee jumping, fire walking, becoming an Uncle, and learning what it meant to fall in love.

During the Fall of 2000, Guy took on a volunteer role for the Deep Ellum Film Festival. The DEFMAN organization filled two needs in his life: The want to be involved in the local Dallas film community, as well as helping an organization dedicated to cancer research, something he felt could best honor his Mother's memory. During this time, the twenty-five year old Guy wrote, produced and directed his first student documentary and narrative films, while continuing to broaden his horizons through his travels throughout the United States.

In 2001, Guy left college to return to the video game industry, this time with a PC/Macintosh company called United Developers. Among several of the titles worked on here, he was in charge of testing such prolific titles such as Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Giants: Citizen Kabuto. Guy also continued his responsibilities with the Deep Ellum Film Festival, furthering his involvement in the local film scene. During this time, Guy even found himself an Uncle for the second time around. However, due to the events of September 11, Guy was forced to reevaluate his career choices, and at age twenty-six, Guy decided to relocate to San Diego, California, returning to the San Diego branch of Midway Home Entertainment.

Go West, Young Man.

The move to California allowed Guy to explore the previously inaccessible West Coast. While at Midway, Guy once again resumed his role in the Quality Assurance department, as well as more unique aspects of the job, including voice-over work for Legion: The Legend of Excalibur, and a cameo photo in Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. Outside of the office, Guy continued to pursue his film interests by continuing to work with his DEFMAN friends and partners to relaunch the Santa Monica Film Festival under DEFMAN's direction, and in what would be the start of an eventual new career path, landed a role as an extra in the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and Production Assistant work for the short film Fast Cars & Babies.

2003 would mark the end of a regular association between Guy and Midway, though it would not mark the end of their working together, or Guy's involvement in the video gaming industry. Though he took a hiatus from console gaming for two years, Guy briefly tried his hand in PC gaming with Sony Online Entertainment working on Lords of Everquest and Star Wars Galaxies before pursuing new creative possibilities in film.

From "Kombat" To "Pirates".

The Fall of 2004 was the beginning of a new career direction for Guy: acting. After moving to Los Angeles, Guy found himself in several unique roles, whether it was on HBO's Deadwood and Carnivale, a zombie in All Souls Day, an airline passenger in Wes Craven's Red-Eye, or a CSI photographer on Monk.

2005 proved that dreaming for something larger was possible, as Guy was cast as a Black Pearl pirate in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. This role allowed him to join the Screen Actors Guild, a realization of continued work and dedication in this new field. However, Guy never forgot the ties to the industry that pushed his entertainment career forward, using the seasonal hiatus between filming to work on Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks with Midway, before returning to the soundstage.

We're Remembered By The Legacy We Leave Behind.

Guy has often said that he's never needed a big life; he just wants an interesting one. It's this nature that keeps him striving towards creating a diverse and rewarding career for himself; one that he hopes to share with the rest of the world.

Creative Inspirations

Yoshitaka Amano, Barenaked Ladies, Beatles, Tim Burton, Michael Cain, Tim Cantor, Capcom, Frank Cho, Deee-Lite, Deep Ellum, Dig Jelly, Walt Disney, Danny Elfman, Neil Gaiman, George Gershwin, Mark Hamill, Michael Jackson, Jim Lee, Stan Lee, John Lennon, C.S. Lewis, George Lucas, Sandy Mahood, Billy Martinez, Todd McFarlane, Shigeru Miyamoto, Hayao Miyazaki, Yuji Naka, New Orleans, Pac-Man, Pensacola, Rayko, J.K. Rowling, Kevin Smith, Steven Spielberg, Square-Enix, J.R.R. Tolkien, Nobuo Uematsu, John Williams

And Most Importantly….

His family (the biggest fans of all the work), numerous and dear friends in Texas, California, cyberspace, and beyond, and Jennifer.

Special nod to webmaster and friend (for too many years to count), Danny Gunter for all of his hard work, support and hosting of the site, and John Kaiser for all of his artistic contributions.