Arnold Shapiro

Arnold Shapiro

producer, writer, director

Arnold Shapiro was born on Feb 01, 1941 in USA. Arnold Shapiro's big-screen debut came with Scared Straight! Another Story directed by Richard Michaels in 1980. Arnold Shapiro is known for Heroes of Iwo Jima directed by Lauren Lexton, Gene Hackman stars as Self - Host and James Bradley as Self. Arnold Shapiro has got 11 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Arnold Shapiro achieved is Banff Television Festival. The upcoming new movie Arnold Shapiro plays is Heroes of Iwo Jima which will be released on Jun 17, 2001.

Arnold Shapiro has been a television producer and writer for 52 years, having sold his first show to CBS in Los Angeles at age 22. Since then, Arnold has produced over 90 nationally-televised documentary series and specials for every broadcast network and 14 cable channels from MTV to HBO including the Oscar and Emmy Award-winning film, "Scared Straight!" (1978) which he wrote, directed and produced; and "Scared Silent: Exposing & Ending Child Abuse," hosted by Oprah Winfrey (1992) which aired as a simulcast on CBS, NBC, ABC and PBS.

  • Birthday

    Feb 01, 1941
  • Place of Birth

    Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

Awards

11 wins & 4 nominations

Banff Television Festival
2014
Best in Reality
Winner - Banff Rockie Award
International Documentary Association
2012
Winner - Career Achievement Award
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