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{{short description|Australian film producer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2015}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jan Chapman
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO|size=100}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|03|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Newcastle, New South Wales]], Australia
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = [[Film producer]]
| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|[[Phillip Noyce]]|1971|1977}}|{{marriage|Stephen O'Rourke|1985}}}}
| children = 1
}}

'''Jan Chapman''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 28 March 1950) is an Australian film producer. Films produced by Chapman include ''[[The Last Days of Chez Nous]]'' (1992), ''[[The Piano]]'' (1993), ''[[Love Serenade]]'' (1996), ''[[Holy Smoke!]]'' (1999), and ''[[Lantana (film)|Lantana]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0290b.htm|title=Chapman, Jan|date=2014|access-date=25 May 2014|website=The Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership in Twentieth-century Australia|publisher=Australian Women's Archives Project|last=Mcleod|first=Kathryn}}</ref>
While studying English and Fine Arts at Sydney University in the late 1960s Chapman began working on small, independent films, as part of the nascent [[Sydney Filmmakers Co-op]], which included
her first husband, film director [[Phillip Noyce]]. After the Film Co-op moved into its premises in Darlinghurst, she was involved for a time with the [[Sydney Women's Film Group]] while working in the Education department of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC). Subsequently as a producer at the ABC she was responsible for a number of TV series including ''[[Sweet and Sour (1984 TV series)|Sweet and Sour]]'', and with [[Sandra Levy (producer)|Sandra Levy]] produced the much acclaimed ''[[Come In Spinner]]'' (ABC TV miniseries 1990).

==Awards and honours==
Chapman was nominated for the Best Picture at the AFI Awards in 1992 for ''[[The Last Days of Chez Nous]]''. In 1994, she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] for ''[[The Piano]]''.<ref>{{IMDb name|id=0152396|name=Jan Chapman}}</ref>

Chapman was made an [[Order of Australia|Officer of the Order of Australia]] in the [[2004 Australia Day Honours]] for "service to the Australian film industry as a producer and as a contributor to organisations providing strategic direction to the industry".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jan Chapman|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1055929|access-date=2020-11-18|website=It's An Honour}}</ref>

==89th Academy Awards==
Chapman's photo was mistakenly displayed next to [[Janet Patterson]]'s name during the [[in memoriam segment|''In Memoriam'' segment]] at the [[89th Academy Awards]]. Shortly after the flub, Chapman announced publicly that she is "alive and well," and was given an apology.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://time.com/4683643/jan-chapman-in-memoriam-oscars/|title=Oscars Blunder as Producer Mistakenly Shown as Dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0290b|Chapman, Jan}}
* {{cite web|publisher=Screen Australia|url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/c/jan-chapman-films-pty-ltd/5231/|title=Jan Chapman Films Pty Ltd}}

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