Biography
Irvin Shapiro (August 6, 1906 β January 1, 1989) was an American producer, film importer, and film distributor who was responsible for introducing a number of influential foreign films to the United States, as well as handling the early work of some noted directors. Shapiro was born on August 6, 1906, in Washington, D.C. In the early 1920s, while still a teenager, he developed an interest in cinema, writing film reviews for the Washington Herald and later managing the Wardman Park Hotel Theatre, a local cinema. Moving to New York, he became involved in the distribution of foreign films in America and independent films overseas, as well as working for a year at the publicity office of RKO Pictures. In 1932, he set up World Pictures (later renamed Films Around The World), a film distribution company that also worked on the development of specialist cinemas. He headed the company until 1985, when he was forced to sell due to health problems (he was suffering from Parkinson's disease).
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GenderMale
Birthday1906-08-06
Deathday1989-01-01 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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