Director

J.D. Shapiro

Writing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 43608

IMDb ID: nm0788526

Known for: Writing

Born: March 18, 1969

Age: 57

Place of birth: USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1993 - 2016

Years active: 24

Average TMDB rating: 4.98

Wikidata: Q6105357

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Biography

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 and for writing the screenplay adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's novel Battlefield Earth. Battlefield Earth won more Golden Raspberry Awards than any other film up to that point, and Shapiro accepted the dubious award in person. 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. Shapiro later apologized for involvement in the widely panned film. Description above from the Wikipedia article J.D. Shapiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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