David Shapiro

David Shapiro is a filmmaker and visual artist whose work spans award‑winning documentaries and innovative hybrid forms.

He created, directed, wrote, produced and edited the seven‑part UNTITLED PIZZA MOVIE, which premiered in part at Sundance 2020 and screened in full at Metrograph in 2021 to strong critical acclaim; the first three parts later appeared at the Rockaway Film Festival in a special Filmmaker Magazine presentation.

Shapiro’s earlier films include Missing People (2015), winner of the Hamptons International Film Festival’s Best Documentary Award and a Special Jury Mention at DOC NYC, and Finishing Heaven (HBO, 2009), which earned him a 2010 Emmy nomination.

His 2001 documentary Keep the River on Your Right screened at major international festivals — including MoMA’s Directors’ Fortnight — and won multiple top awards, including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, while also being shortlisted for an Academy Award and enjoying theatrical runs in over 65 U.S. cities and eleven countries.

He has produced or associate‑produced additional features such as Victor Charlie Romeo and HBO’s The McCourts of New York.

Shapiro’s visual art has been widely exhibited at institutions including MoMA in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Norton and the Brooklyn Museum, and is held in major collections such as MoMA, the Tate Modern, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection.

His work has been profiled extensively across major media outlets, including NPR, BBC, CNN, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, Art in America, Film Comment, Esquire and many others.