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J. David Shapiro

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J. David Shapiro

Born	Jake David Shapiro (1969-03-18) March 18, 1969 (age 55)
Other names	JD Shapiro, J.D. Shapiro
Awards	Worst Screenplay – 21st Razzie Awards 2001 Battlefield Earth
Website	www.jdshapiro.com

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^[1] 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.^[2] Shapiro was fired from the film due to creative disagreements during pre-production and wanted to be credited with a pseudonym,^[3] and also said little or nothing of his script remained in the final film after extensive re-writes.^[4] Shapiro later apologized for involvement in the widely panned film.^[3]

Filmography[edit]


Year	Name	Role	Notes
1990	Duet	Screenwriter (episode ''I Never Played for My Father: Part 1'')	TV series
1990	Who's the Boss?	Screenwriter
1990	Charles in Charge	Screenwriter (episode "Buddy Flips a Disc")
1993	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Screenwriter	Theatrical film
2000	We Married Margo	Director, screenwriter, actor (as ''Jake'')
2000	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	Short
2016	Actors	Actor (as ''Walk of fame actor'')	Short
2017	Extraordinary: Stan Lee	Himself	Direct-to-video documentary
2017	Best Thanksgiving Ever	Director	Theatrical film
2018	Hard Day's Nights	Co-director, screenwriter, executive producer	Short
2018	597 Días Desaparecido	Actor (as ''Tom Springfield'')	Short

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
2000	The Comedy Festival	We Married Margo	Audience Award	Won^[5]
2000	Slamdance Film Festival	We Married Margo	Grand Jury Prize	Nominated^[6]
2001	Golden Raspberry Award	Battlefield Earth	Worst Screenplay	Won^[3]^[7]

References[edit]

^ Beyond the Page: Funny Changes Everything - Script Magazine

^ Staff (March 26, 2001). "'Battlefield Earth' Scribe Personally Accepts Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay During a Live Talk Radio Show on Comedy World". Business Wire. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.

^ ^a ^b ^c Shapiro, J.D. (March 29, 2010). "'I penned the suckiest movie ever - sorry!'". New York Post.

^ ‘Battlefield Earth’ writer says ‘Cats’ is the new worst movie ever - The New York Post

^ Weiskind, Ron (March 2, 2000). "Film with local ties wins at festival". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D-2.

^ Vice, Jeff (December 19, 1999). "Slamdance taking on international flavor". The Deseret News. Deseret News Publishing Company. p. E11.

^ Staff (March 26, 2001). "'Battlefield Earth' Scribe Personally Accepts Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay During a Live Talk Radio Show on Comedy World". Business Wire. Retrieved 2009-12-30.

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