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American filmmaker and stand-up comedian (born 1969)
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
Year
Name
Role
Notes
1990
Duet
Screenwriter (episode ''I Never Played for My Father: Part 1'')
TV series
1990
Who's the Boss?
Screenwriter
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'')
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'')
2017
Extraordinary: Stan Lee
Himself
Direct-to-video documentary
Best Thanksgiving Ever
Director
Theatrical film
2018
Hard Day's Nights
Co-director, screenwriter, executive producer
Short
597 Días Desaparecido
Actor (as ''Tom Springfield'')
Awards and nominations
See also
References
^
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 .
External links
1980s 1990s
Daniel Waters , James Cappe, and
David Arnott –
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Steven E. de Souza ,
Daniel Waters ,
Bruce Willis , and
Robert Kraft –
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Blake Snyder ,
William Osborne , and
William Davies –
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Amy Holden Jones –
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Tom S. Parker,
Jim Jennewein ,
Steven E. de Souza , and
various others –
The Flintstones (1994)
Joe Eszterhas –
Showgirls (1995)
Andrew Bergman –
Striptease (1996)
Eric Roth and
Brian Helgeland –
The Postman (1997)
Joe Eszterhas –
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998)
Jim Thomas ,
John Thomas ,
S. S. Wilson ,
Brent Maddock ,
Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman –
Wild Wild West (1999)
2000s 2010s
M. Night Shyamalan –
The Last Airbender (2010)
Steve Koren ,
Adam Sandler , and Ben Zook –
Jack and Jill (2011)
David Caspe –
That's My Boy (2012)
Steve Baker,
Ricky Blitt , Will Carlough, Tobias Carlson, Jacob Fleisher, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham,
James Gunn , Claes Kjellstrom, Jack Kukoda,
Bob Odenkirk , Bill O'Malley, Matthew Alec Portenoy,
Greg Pritikin , Rocky Russo,
Olle Sarri , Elizabeth Wright Shapiro,
Jeremy Sosenko , Jonathan van Tulleken, and Jonas Wittenmark –
Movie 43 (2013)
Darren Doane and Cheston Hervey –
Saving Christmas (2014)
Kelly Marcel –
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Chris Terrio and
David S. Goyer –
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Tony Leondis , Eric Siegel, and
Mike White –
The Emoji Movie (2017)
Niall Leonard –
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Lee Hall and
Tom Hooper –
Cats (2019)
2020s
International National Other