Esther Shapiro

참여 작품

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Self
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to his private life as a gay man.
The Motel
Executive Producer
Thirteen-year-old Ernest Chin lives and works at a sleazy hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban bi-way. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean man who has checked in. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.
내일은 태양이 뜨지 않는다
Executive Producer
세계적인 슈퍼스타의 본거지. 스타를 꿈꾸는 세계의 수많은 젊은이들이 모여드는 헐리웃. 18세의 젊은 미남청년 카를로스는 화려한 스포트라이트를 받는 헐리웃의 스타가 되는 것이 유일한 꿈이다. 2년 동안 멕시코에서 할아버지와 생활한 카를로스는 가족들이 생활하고 있는 로스엔젤레스로 돌아오지만 그를 기다리는 것은 지독한 가난과 생계 걱정 뿐이다. 능력없는 아버지와 건강이 악화된 어머니, 그리고 정상적으로 자라지 못한 여동생과 형은 카롤로스의 인생을 압박한다. 거리에서 스타들이 사는 집의 지도 '스타맵스'를 팔며 하루하루를 연명하던 카를로스. 그는 가족들의 생계마저도 책임져야 하는 처지에서 인생을 뒤바꿀수 있는 희망으로 헐리웃 스타가 되려는 결심을 굳힌다. 자신도 안토니오 반데라스 같은 대스타가 될 수 있다고 확신하는 카를로스. 그는 자신의 꿈을 위해, 자신의 가족을 위해 모든 것을 걸기로 한다. 어느날, TV배우인 제니퍼와 그의 남편인 프로듀셔 마틴을 만난 카를로스. 그는 결국 단 하나의 배역을 타기 위해 몸을 팔기도 하고, 호모와 관계까지 하는 등 갖은 고생을 하며 하루하루를 보낸다. 그러던 카를로스에게 어느날 작은 배역이 맡겨지는데.
The Colony
Executive Producer
An arrogant Malibu tycoon frantically tries to locate the files of a murdered psychotherapist before his enemies get their hands on them and destroy him in this failed pilot from the creators of "Dynasty."
The Colony
Writer
An arrogant Malibu tycoon frantically tries to locate the files of a murdered psychotherapist before his enemies get their hands on them and destroy him in this failed pilot from the creators of "Dynasty."
When We Were Young
Executive Producer
Prospective series pilot about eight 1959 high school graduates in a Northern California town preparing to go off into the world.
When We Were Young
Writer
Prospective series pilot about eight 1959 high school graduates in a Northern California town preparing to go off into the world.
Cracked Up
Executive Producer
17-year-old track star, John Owens, has never used any drug stronger than pot, until he meets an older woman who introduces him to crack cocaine. He quickly becomes addicted but is able to hide his problem from all except his best friend, Chris.
Intimate Strangers
Producer
The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband, and he begins to take it out on his wife.
Intimate Strangers
Teleplay
The pressures of problems at home and at work are taking a tremendous toll on a middle-aged husband, and he begins to take it out on his wife.
Minstrel Man
Writer
Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Writer
Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At first, alcohol provides comfort and release. Then it sends her life spiraling out of control.