Sarah Gertrude Shapiro
#158653 Most Popular
About
Writer and director who became best known for co-creating the Lifetime series UnREAL. The show is based on a short film she wrote and directed called Sequin Raze. In 2012, she became one of eight women selected to be a part of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women.
Before Fame
She began writing a book called Ergant Cries Ignored when she was just five years old. She attended a film class at Santa Barbara City College when she was 16, deciding then that she wanted to be a director. She got her bachelor of arts in fiction writing and filmmaking from Sarah Lawrence College.
Trivia
She has worked on the reality shows High School Reunion and The Bachelor, both as a producer.
Family Life
One of her siblings is Elizabeth Shapiro-Garza. Her father Perry was a professor and her mother's name is Diane Wolf.
Associated With
Marti Nixon is her co-creator on the show UnREAL.
