Joel Shapiro

Filmes

Banho de Sangue
Producer
Quando o filho de um juiz bem sucedido (Taye Diggs) é morto por dois policiais (Luke Hemsworth/Gianni Capaldi) e o sistema os liberta, um detetive veterano violento (John Cusack) encontra alguns arquivos que incriminam os oficiais e o juiz, ele procura um parceiro para fazer justiça com as próprias mãos.
Carga Mortal
Producer
Sean Haggerty tem apenas uma hora para entregar uma carga ilegal, convencer um assassino, um cartel e a polícia de que nada está errado e que tudo corre como planejado, e ainda salvar a sua esposa. Como se não fosse o bastante, ele terá que fazer tudo isso de dentro do cockpit do seu avião Cessna.
Jardim de Poesias para Crianças
Cinematography
Clássicos da poesia são trazidos para a animação com a narração de personalidades. Uma mistura mágica de alguns dos maiores escritores do mundo e a beleza de crianças recitando seus textos favoritos.
A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration
Director of Photography
Comovente retrato sobre a diversidade familiar existente no mundo atual, que desafia todos os estereótipos. Produzido por Rosie O'Donnell.
Shadows in Paradise: Hitler's Exiles in Hollywood
Director of Photography
To escape Hitler's regime, thousands of intellectuals and radicals fled Europe for the United States in the 1930s; this documentary focuses on the prominent figures who moved to Hollywood and made contributions to American music, art and culture. Well-known exiles profiled here include Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, Arnold Schoenberg, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Salka Viertel, Thomas Mann and many others.
Once Upon a Sleigh Ride: The Music & Life of Leon Anderson
Cinematography
"A delightful documentary about Anderson, in which we get to know the man as well as his music, through interviews with colleagues and family members, as well as footage of Anderson himself and musicians ranging from Arthur Fiedler to Judy Garland... There doesn't seem to be a place for what used to be considered mainstream music any more... and America is the poorer for it. That's why I'm so glad for the release of Once Upon a Sleigh Ride." Leonard Maltin, June 9, 2001 Written by Leonard Maltin
Kids Are Punny
Director of Photography
This HBO special, based on Rosie O'Donnell's book of the same name, uses animated and live action segments to explore the vital role that humour plays in our lives.
Bill T. Jones: Still/Here
Cinematography
Bill Moyers and filmmaker David Grubin give viewers a rare glimpse into dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones’s highly acclaimed dance Still/Here. At workshops around the country, people facing life-threatening illnesses are asked to remember the highs and lows of their lives, and even imagine their own deaths. They then transform their feelings into expressive movement, which Jones incorporates into the dance performed later in the program. For this documentary, Jones demonstrates the movements of his own life story: his first encounter with white people, confusion over his sexuality, his partner Arnie Zane’s untimely death from AIDS, and Jones’s own HIV-positive status.
Children of Darkness
Camera Operator
A significant number of American children and teenagers - from all social backgrounds - suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and emotional problems, leading them to isolation from society while treating their issues in mental health facilities. But there's no end in sight for those young individuals when they face obstacles and mistreatment in inadequate places under the supervision of careless and inexperienced professionals. The documentary follows some of those public mental institutions and another private center dealing with troubled kids and reveals what's wrong with their procedures, and the irreparable harm they cause in those patients.