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American writer and filmmaker

Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker born and raised in New York City, where she currently resides. Shapiro is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School. Her 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, 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.

Books

(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)
(2019) Passager Clandestin, éditions Paulsen

Films

(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

(2002) Inventing Color

References

"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.

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