J. David Shapiro
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