- Arnold Shapiro
Arnold Shapiro (born 1941) is an
Academy Award and 16-time Emmy Award-winningtelevision producer and writer.His best known work is the 1978 Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary, "
Scared Straight! " His other productions include theCBS reality series, "Rescue 911 ", hosted byWilliam Shatner (1989-1996) and the CBS reality series, "Big Brother" (2001-2006); the ABC documentary series, "Brat Camp " (2005); the documentary, "Scared Silent: Exposing & Ending Child Abuse", hosted byOprah Winfrey (1992) which aired as a simulcast onCBS ,NBC ,PBS , followed by ABC -- it holds the distinction of being the most watched non-news documentary special ever broadcast on American TV; and "Break The Silence: Kids Against Child Abuse", hosted byJane Seymour , which received the prestigiousGeorge Foster Peabody Award ; "Kids Killing Kids", hosted byMalcolm Jamal-Warner , an Emmy-winning docu-drama which aired simultaneously and commercial-free on CBS andFOX ; and the Emmy-winning series of specials, "The Teen Files", hosted byLeeza Gibbons . Shapiro sold his first show when he was 22, and since then has produced 28 series, four TV movies, and more than 90 documentaries and specials. Arnold Shapiro Productions has produced programs for all the broadcast networks and 14 cable channels - fromMTV toHBO . Shapiro is a native of Los Angeles and a graduate ofUCLA .References
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* [http://www.arnoldshapiroproductions.com/ Arnold Shapiro Productions]
* [http://www.shapiroseminars.com/ Arnold Shapiro Seminar taught in LA - July 21, 2007]
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