Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro | |
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Birth name | Theodore Michael Shapiro |
Born | September 29, 1971 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (age 52)
Genres | Film score, classical, electronic |
Occupation(s) | Composer |
Instruments | Piano, keyboards, synthesizer |
Website | theodoreshapiro |
Theodore Michael Shapiro (born September 29, 1971) is an American composer best known for his film scores.
He is a frequent collaborator of directors Ben Stiller, Paul Feig, Jay Roach, Karyn Kusama, and Rawson Marshall Thurber, and won the 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on Stiller’s series Severance.
Life and career
Shapiro was born in Washington, D.C., and is of Italian descent. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Brown University in 1993, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in music composition from the Juilliard School in 1995.
He is best known for his film scores, particularly for the comedies State and Main, 13 Going on 30, Along Came Polly, The Devil Wears Prada, Fun with Dick and Jane, Idiocracy, You, Me and Dupree, Wet Hot American Summer, Marley & Me, Tropic Thunder, the Jay Roach film Dinner for Schmucks and was one of the composers for Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In 2012, Shapiro composed his first animated film, The Pirates! Band of Misfits. He has also written other orchestral works.
Filmography
Films
TV series
Year | Title | Notes |
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1993–1995 | The State | |
2007 | HBO Voyeur Project | Miniseries |
2012 | Game Change | Television Movie Nominated—Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Music in a Non-Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special |
2021 | The Mysterious Benedict Society | Nominated—Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Live Action Program |
Yellowjackets | Episode: "Pilot" | |
2022 | Severance | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music |
- 1971 births
- American film score composers
- American male film score composers
- American television composers
- Animated film score composers
- DreamWorks Animation people
- Brown University alumni
- Juilliard School alumni
- Living people
- Male television composers
- Musicians from Washington, D.C.
- Varèse Sarabande Records artists
- American people of Italian descent
- Blue Sky Studios people
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
- American composer, 20th-century birth stubs