Matthew Chapman

A journalist, screenwriter, and director, Matthew Chapman is the co-founder and president of Science Debate, an organization seeking to get political candidates, particularly presidential candidates, to debate important science policy issues. The great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin, Chapman is the author of two books: “Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir” and “40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, OxyContin, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania.” His most recent film, “The Ledge”, was accepted into competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and deals with the ultimately fatal feud between an atheist and an evangelical Christian.