Laurie Gwen Shapiro

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Laurie Gwen Shapiro,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: in New York City, New York, USA