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==Early Life== |
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Shapiro grew up in North Jersey and Hell's kitchen. His parents were divorced when he was two. He has three sisters, Karen, Nancy and Pam. At times Shapiro was |
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so poor he had to walk across the GW bridge in order to get to school. The first movie he ever entered for an award was in high school, but it ended up not being |
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seen by the selection committee. Students who saw the movie started a grassroots movement and the film ended up winning "Best Forgotten Film." |
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Although small in stature, he played football. His first year he was a running back and was terrible. Turns out his Dyslexia caused him to constantly go the |
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other way. His mom talked into going back and playing another year and the coach switched him to defense, were he didn't have to think as much as he |
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had to react. He was moved to roving middle linebacker after a scrimmage with his own team and he took out the fullback, a player that outweighed him |
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by about 75lbs. Shapiro became the co-captain of the defense and led his schools team, The Raiders, to the state championship where they won after Shapiro |
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sacked the opponents QB in the end zone. Although carried off the field in victory, the next day the wrong players picture was put in the paper stating he |
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won the game. The team made it up to Shapiro when they awarded him the MVP. |
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==Feature Writing Credits== |
==Feature Writing Credits== |
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J.D. Shapiro | |
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| Born | Jake David Shapiro |
| Other names | JD Shapiro, J.D. Shapiro |
| Website | http://jdshapiro.com |
J. David Shapiro (born March 18, 1969) is a filmmaker and stand-up comedian. He is best known for writing the film "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" and many consider is best work to date "We Married Margo" an independent film he wrote, directed and starred in.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The HBO U.S. Comedy Festival | We Married Margo | Audience Award for Best Film | Won[1][2] |
| Slamdance Film Festival | We Married Margo | Grand Jury Prize | Nominated[1] | |
| 2001 | ||||
| The NY Comedy Festival. Offical Selection | Nominated[1] | |||
| 2001 | Won[1][3] | |||
| Pi Phan Film Festival in Korea. Official Selection. Shapiro won Best Actor for his role as Jake | Nominated[1] | |||
| 2001
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Golden Raspberry Award | Battlefield Earth | Worst Screenplay | Won[1] |
Early Life
Shapiro grew up in North Jersey and Hell's kitchen. His parents were divorced when he was two. He has three sisters, Karen, Nancy and Pam. At times Shapiro was so poor he had to walk across the GW bridge in order to get to school. The first movie he ever entered for an award was in high school, but it ended up not being seen by the selection committee. Students who saw the movie started a grassroots movement and the film ended up winning "Best Forgotten Film."
Although small in stature, he played football. His first year he was a running back and was terrible. Turns out his Dyslexia caused him to constantly go the other way. His mom talked into going back and playing another year and the coach switched him to defense, were he didn't have to think as much as he had to react. He was moved to roving middle linebacker after a scrimmage with his own team and he took out the fullback, a player that outweighed him by about 75lbs. Shapiro became the co-captain of the defense and led his schools team, The Raiders, to the state championship where they won after Shapiro sacked the opponents QB in the end zone. Although carried off the field in victory, the next day the wrong players picture was put in the paper stating he won the game. The team made it up to Shapiro when they awarded him the MVP.
Feature Writing Credits
"Knights of the Not So Round Table: The Lost Tapes of 524 A.D. [524ad.com]. Shapiro wrote the screenplay and is set to direct. Dan Myrick is executive producing. (2010)
"Daddy's Girl." Optioned by New Line. (2007)
"Working Class Hero." Sold it to Gale Anne Hurd (all the “Terminator” movies). (2004)
"Slavage." Optioned by Gear Head Productions. Dan Myrick (“The Blair Witch Project”) is set to direct and Shapiro set to play the co-lead. (2011)
"Supercops." Co-written with Jimmy Cummings. Based on the book “Supercops." Bought by Nittolo Entertainment. (2000)
"Cupid's Turn." Optioned by Disney. Shapiro is set to produce. (1998)
"Blast Off!" Bought to Interscope Films. (1997)
"Fear." Sold to Miramax. John Travolta signed on to play the lead. (1996)
"Signed, Sealed & Delivered." Co-written with Aaron William Dozier. Bought by Touchstone. Betty Thomas attached to direct. Glenn Close attached to play the lead(1995)
"Solo to Mars" Optioned by Paramount Pictures. (1994)
"The Final Frontier." Optioned by Warner Brothers. (1993)
"Robin Hood: Men In Tights." Sold to 20th Century Fox & Brooksfilms (1992)
"Toy Soldiers." Optioned by Trunk Productions. (1992)
TV & Internet
Untitled: Stan Lee Project. Shapiro, along with Stan Lee (Spider Man, X-Men, Iron Man), and Tony Chargin created and will executive produce this new superhero series. (2010)
"FreakyDeak SkyLark." Shapiro created, wrote directed and executive produced this animated series for NBC. (2007)
"Inside/Out." TV series developed with Paul Rieser’s Nuance Pictures for Shapiro to star in. (2005)
"We Married Margo." Optioned by Big Ticket with Shapiro as Executive Producer and Star. Based on the movie, "We Married Margo." (2004)
Spelling Entertainment. Shapiro had an overall-deal to create and executive produce a one-hour television series. (2003)
20TH Century Fox. Development deal for Shapiro to associate produce a TV series he created called “Man Bites Dog.” (2002)
Acting
"National Lampoon's Pucked." Co-starred with Jon Bon Jovi and Cary Elwes (2006)
"The Strand Venice." Starred in an assemble web series created and executive produced by Dan Myrick (co-creator & co-director of ”The Blair Witch Project”) (2004)
"We Married Margo." Co-starred in the award winning independent film.
"Sunkist Pistachio Nut Commercial." Shapiro created the character. The commercial won Best Commercial in the commercial section of the Cannes Film Festival.
As himself
"Women in Film Awards." Shapiro was the first ever MC for the first ever awards ceremony which took place at Sundance.
The Bob & Tom Show.
The Joey Reynolds Show.
The Early Show with Mike & Juliet.
Entertainment Tonight.
Showtime.
CNN's Bizz Buzz.
Cinamax.
MTV.
Comedy Central.
E!.
Movie Talk on PBS.
Trivia
Shapiro appeared in The Osbourns in the Annoying Neighbors episode. He was approcahed to sue the series by attorny Bert Fields because he never agreed to be on the show but decided not to sue.
Shapiro was instrumental in every aspect of production in "Robin Hood: Men In Tights." From casting to locations. Mel Brooks wanted someone else for the part of Achew but Shapiro found Dave Chappell and convinced Brooks to go with him. Shapiro also wrote all the lyrics to the music, including the theme song, "Men In Tights" along with Hummie Mann who wrote all the music.
"We Married Margo" was made in 17 days, on 35mm film and shot for around $230,00. George Lucas liked the film so much he invited Shapiro to Skywalker Ranch and gave him free post-production sound editing. Frank Darabont wanted to turn the movie into a TV series for HBO.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Internet Movie Database staff (2009). "Awards for J.D. Shapiro". Internet Movie Database. IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ Weiskind, Ron (March 2, 2000). "Film with local ties wins at festival". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D-2.
- ^ Weiskind, Ron (March 2, 2000). "Film with local ties wins at festival". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D-2.
External links
- Official website
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