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Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker. She resides in New York City, where she was born and raised, and is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School. The 2001 documentary film Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale, which she co-produced and co-directed with her brother David, received numerous awards,^[1] including:

Best Documentary Feature; Hamptons International Film Festival, 2000

Special Jury Award; International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, 2000

Audience Award, Special Critics Award; Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, 2000

Truer Than Fiction Award; IFP Independent Spirit Awards, 2001

Best Documentary; Newport Beach Film Festival, 2001

Nominated for 2010 Emmy for Finishing Heaven – Producer

Her semi-autobiographical first novel, The Unexpected Salami, was named an ALA Notable Book in 1998.^[2]

Books

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(1998) The Unexpected Salami (Algonquin Books)
(2004) The Anglophile (Red Dress Ink)
(2005) The Matzo Ball Heiress (Red Dress Ink)
(2006) Brand X: The Boyfriend Account (Random House)
(2018) The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica (Simon & Schuster)^[3]
(2019) Passager Clandestin, éditions Paulsen

Films

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(1999) The McCourts of Limerick (Cinemax) (co-producer)
(2000) The McCourts of New York (Cinemax) (co-producer)
(2001) Keep The River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale (IFC) (co-producer/co-director)
(2008) Finishing Heaven (HBO) (producer)
(2013) The Manor (in production) (executive producer)
LowLine (in production) (director)

Plays

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(2002) Inventing Color

References

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^ "Keep The River On Your Right – A Review". Retrieved January 13, 2016.

^ "Harlequin.com – Laurie Gwen Shapiro". Retrieved January 13, 2016.

^ "How a teen stowaway landed on the cover of the NY Times". New York Post. January 20, 2018. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved June 4, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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