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.

J. David Shapiro
Born
Jake David Shapiro

(1969-03-18) March 18, 1969 (age 55)
Other namesJD Shapiro, J.D. Shapiro
AwardsWorst Screenplay – 21st Razzie Awards
2001 Battlefield Earth
Websitejdshapiro.com

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

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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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Beyond the Page: Funny Changes Everything - Script Magazine
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Shapiro, J.D. (March 29, 2010). "'I penned the suckiest movie ever - sorry!'". New York Post.
  4. ^ ‘Battlefield Earth’ writer says ‘Cats’ is the new worst movie ever - The New York Post
  5. ^ Weiskind, Ron (March 2, 2000). "Film with local ties wins at festival". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. D-2.
  6. ^ Vice, Jeff (December 19, 1999). "Slamdance taking on international flavor". The Deseret News. Deseret News Publishing Company. p. E11.
  7. ^ 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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