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J. David Shapiro

{{short description|American filmmaker and stand-up comedian (born 1969)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = J. David Shapiro

| image = J. David Shapiro.jpg

| birth_name = Jake David Shapiro

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|3|18}}

| othername = JD Shapiro, J.D. Shapiro

| website = {{URL|jdshapiro.com}}

| awards = {{Awd|Worst Screenplay|2001|Battlefield Earth||21st Razzie Awards}}

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Jake David Shapiro (born March 18, 1969) is an American filmmaker and stand-up comedian. Shapiro is best known as the original screenwriter of the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights[https://scriptmag.com/interviews-features/beyond-the-page-funny-changes-everything Beyond the Page: Funny Changes Everything - Script Magazine] and for writing the screenplay adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's novel Battlefield Earth.

Battlefield won more Golden Raspberry Awards than any other film up to that point, and Shapiro accepted the dubious award in person.{{cite web|last=Staff|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60%60Battlefield+Earth+Scribe+Personally+Accepts+Razzie+Award+for...-a072286078|title='Battlefield Earth' Scribe Personally Accepts Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay During a Live Talk Radio Show on Comedy World|publisher=Business Wire|date=March 26, 2001|access-date=August 15, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819103118/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60%60Battlefield+Earth+Scribe+Personally+Accepts+Razzie+Award+for...-a072286078|url-status=dead}} Shapiro was fired from the film due to creative disagreements during pre-production and wanted to be credited with a pseudonym, and also said little or nothing of his script remained in the final film after extensive re-writes.[https://nypost.com/2020/05/14/battlefield-earth-writer-says-cats-is-the-new-worst-movie-ever/?ICID=ref_fark ‘Battlefield Earth’ writer says ‘Cats’ is the new worst movie ever - The New York Post] Shapiro later apologized for involvement in the widely panned film.

Filmography

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!Year

!Name

!Role

!Notes

1990

|Duet

|Screenwriter (episode I Never Played for My Father: Part 1)

| rowspan="3" |TV series

rowspan="2" |1990

|Who's the Boss?

|Screenwriter

Charles in Charge

|Screenwriter (episode "Buddy Flips a Disc")

1993

|Robin Hood: Men in Tights

|Screenwriter

| rowspan="4" |Theatrical film

rowspan="2" |2000

|We Married Margo

|Director, screenwriter, actor (as Jake)

Battlefield Earth

|Screenwriter

2006

|Pucked

|Actor (as Alan)

2007

|The Strand

|Actor

|Direct-to-video

2008

|X-Treme Biography: Santa

|Screenwriter, actor (as AA Attendee / Death)

|TV short

2011

|Juan Hombre

|Co-director, screenwriter

|Short

2012

|unCONventional

|Creative consultant (12 episodes)

|TV series

2015

|A Date

|Special thanks

| rowspan="2" |Short

2016

|Actors

|Actor (as Walk of fame actor)

rowspan="2" |2017

|Extraordinary: Stan Lee

|Himself

|Direct-to-video documentary

Best Thanksgiving Ever

|Director

|Theatrical film

rowspan="2" |2018

|Hard Day's Nights

|Co-director, screenwriter, executive producer

| rowspan="2" |Short

597 Días Desaparecido

|Actor (as Tom Springfield)

Awards and nominations

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! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Work

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Category

! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result

rowspan="2"|2000

|The Comedy Festival

| rowspan="2" |We Married Margo

|Audience Award

|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won{{cite news| last = Weiskind | first =Ron | title = Film with local ties wins at festival | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette| page = D-2 | date = March 2, 2000 }}

Slamdance Film Festival

|Grand Jury Prize

|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated{{cite news| last = Vice | first =Jeff | title = Slamdance taking on international flavor | work = The Deseret News| publisher = Deseret News Publishing Company | page = E11 | date = December 19, 1999}}

2001

|Golden Raspberry Award

|Battlefield Earth

|Worst Screenplay

|bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won{{cite news|last=Shapiro, J.D.|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/penned_the_suckiest_movie_ever_sorry_MdXedZpTMWJmfpw80Xc7aO|title='I penned the suckiest movie ever - sorry!'|work=New York Post|date=March 29, 2010}}{{cite news|last=Staff|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_March_26/ai_72286078/|title='Battlefield Earth' Scribe Personally Accepts Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay During a Live Talk Radio Show on Comedy World|work=Business Wire|date=March 26, 2001|access-date=2009-12-30}}

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons category|J. David Shapiro}}

  • {{Official website|http://jdshapiro.com}}
  • {{IMDb name|0788526|J.D. Shapiro}}

{{Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1980–2000}}

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Category:1969 births

Category:American male screenwriters

Category:Living people

Category:20th-century American screenwriters

Category:20th-century American male writers

Category:21st-century American screenwriters

Category:21st-century American male writers