J.D. Shapiro
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Emerging from a background in stand-up comedy, the American filmmaker built a reputation as a screenwriter for broad-appeal comedies. His early credit includes the slapstick adventure Robin Hood: Men in Tights, after which he was tapped to adapt L. Ron Hubbard’s novel Battlefield Earth for the screen. The latter project became notorious for its critical reception, accumulating a record number of G…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources