Martin Shapiro
| Martin Shapiro | |
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Martin Shapiro
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| Born |
June 8, 1967 Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
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Notable works
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Chopper Skinwalker |
| http://www.MartinShapiro.me | |
Martin Shapiro is an American screenwriter and comic book writer. He created the horror comic book series Chopper published by Asylum Press and wrote the screenplay for the movie version of it.
Shapiro was born at a United States Army base in Frankfurt, Germany where his father was stationed. He was raised in Richmond, Virginia. After high school, he served for eight years in the U.S. Air Force. In 1990, he attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, with the intention of becoming an Air Force pilot upon graduation.
In 1991, Shapiro was recalled to active duty for the Gulf War. While still deployed in Kuwait, he decided to change gears in life and applied to the University of Central Florida Film School. Shortly after returning to Patrick AFB, Florida, he was accepted into UCF's motion picture program, where he developed a passion for writing, directing and producing films alongside classmates Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick, who went on to co-direct The Blair Witch Project several years later.
Shapiro’s first feature-length screenplay Lair of the Fox, a military action-thriller, was optioned by Ilya Salkind (Producer of Superman). Shapiro went on to write and develop projects for MGM, HBO and other production companies including an adaptation of Dragonlance, the New York Times bestselling series of fantasy novels with sales of 22 million copies worldwide, and the role-playing game Millennium’s End.
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