Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Biography
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Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an American writer and filmmaker. She resides in New York City, where she was born and raised, and is a graduate of that city's renowned Stuyvesant High School. The 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; IDFA, International Documentary Festival Asterdam, 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 American Library Association notable book in 1998
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