Career
As a film student at the University of Central Florida, he specialized in animation, which paved the way for him to be an animation intern on the Steven Spielberg series, SeaQuest DSV, and the art director at Star Mountain, a computer animation company. He has contributed to a number of motion pictures, from the independent thriller Jack-O (1995) to Born on the Fourth of July (1989) to RoboCop (1987). His other work includes production design on A Twist in the Tale, assistant direction on the Walt Disney World Resort for Epcot.
Shapiro provided the screenplay adaptation of H. G. Wells" The War of the Worlds, as well as his original screenplays From the Ashes (2004), Sinkhole, and Batman: Darknight, all written in cooperation with Stephen Wise.