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Joel Shapiro(I)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Location Management
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Joel Shapiro is known for Reading Rainbow (1983), Healthcare Crisis (2000) and Great Performances (1971).
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      • 2 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    LeVar Burton in Reading Rainbow (1983)
    Reading Rainbow
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer(2000-2001)
    • 1983
    Healthcare Crisis (2000)
    Healthcare Crisis
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 2000
    Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Shin'ichi Chiba in The Bodyguard (1973)
    The Bodyguard
    5.3
    Movie
    • Cinematographer(opening sequence: US version)
    • 1973

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    Cinematographer

    • A New Chance
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Art in the Twenty-First Century (2001)
      Art in the Twenty-First Century
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2001–2014
    • To Tell the Truth (2012)
      To Tell the Truth
      7.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012)
      Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • A Child's Garden of Poetry (2011)
      A Child's Garden of Poetry
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011
    • William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible (2010)
      William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
      6.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • A Surprise in Texas (2010)
      A Surprise in Texas
      8.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration (2010)
      A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2010
    • Hard Times for an American Girl: The Great Depression
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2009
    • Shadows in Paradise: Hitler's Exiles in Hollywood (2008)
      Shadows in Paradise: Hitler's Exiles in Hollywood
      7.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2008
    • Fat: What No One Is Telling You (2007)
      Fat: What No One Is Telling You
      7.3
      • director of photography
      • 2007
    • Beyond the Practice Room
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company (2006)
      Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company
      8.5
      Video
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 1994–2006
    • Peter Yarrow: With Your Face to the Wind
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2010–2012
    • New York at the Movies (2002)
      New York at the Movies
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2002
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2001
    • Frontline (1983)
      Frontline
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2001
    • American Experience (1988)
      American Experience
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2000
    • Clint Eastwood in Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall (1997)
      Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall
      6.9
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 1997
    • Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams (1991)
      Carnegie Hall at 100: A Place of Dreams
      8.4
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 1991
    • Steve Martin, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Cher in Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986)
      Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
      7.2
      TV Special
      • camera operator
      • 1986
    • Trumpet Kings
      TV Special
      • camera
      • 1985
    • Gary Kildall and Stewart Cheifet in Computer Chronicles (1983)
      Computer Chronicles
      8.5
      TV Series
      • camera
      • studio camera
      • 1983–1985
    • Children of Darkness (1983)
      Children of Darkness
      7.9
      • camera operator
      • 1983

    Location Management

    • Autopsy 4: The Dead Speak (1997)
      Autopsy 4: The Dead Speak
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • additional location shooting
      • 1997

    Videos3

    A Surprise in Texas
    Clip 1:40
    A Surprise in Texas
    To Tell the Truth
    Trailer 2:20
    To Tell the Truth
    To Tell the Truth
    Trailer 2:20
    To Tell the Truth
    Beyond the Practice Room
    Trailer 2:01
    Beyond the Practice Room

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