Keith Shapiro

KEITH SHAPIRO

Keith Shapiro is the Owner & Grand Poobah of Frame:Runner, Inc. Over the past 33 years, Frame:Runner has been one of the premiere video post production & production facilities in New York City. He is responsible for the day-to day operations of the company, including: Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Scheduling of all Personnel and Equipment.

Prior to Frame:Runner, he was General Manager at each of the following facilities:
Premiere Communications, Laser Edit NY, Total Vision Post, & Tapepower/Filmpower.

He was the Associate Producer for the Drifter Films feature, “Melissa.”
He has produced and directed the television footage for the Broadway musical,
Spring Awakening (8 Tony Award winner 2007).
He was the Post Production Supervisor for ESPN’s first venture into music video and extreme sports programming, with 158 half hour shows of “Max Out.”

Some of the other more notable projects he has been involved with during his career are:
Theatrical and Documentaries
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (Academy Award Winner 2015, HBO), The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution (Sundance 2015), Larry Kramer: Love and Anger (Sundance 2015), Time Is Illmatic (Tribeca 2014), Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (Academy Award Nomination, HBO 2014), Remembering The Artist: Robert De Niro Sr. (Sundance, HBO 2014) Through A Lens Darkly (Sundance 2014), Freedom Summer (Sundance & American Experience 2014), American Promise (Sundance Winner/PBS 2013), Strangers No More (Academy Award Winner, HBO 2011), Taxi To The Darkside (Academy Award Winner 2007), No End In Sight (Academy Award Nomination & Sundance Winner 2007), Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (Academy Award shortlist, HBO 2014), Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Academy Award Nomination, HBO 2012), God is The Bigger Elvis (Academy Award Nomination, HBO 2012), Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (Sundance Winner 2010), Freedom Rider (Emmy Winner 2008), Which Way Home (Academy & Emmy Nominations, HBO 2008)

Live Concerts
Diana Ross Live in Central Park and Diana Ross Live: The Lady Sings, Guns ‘N Roses In Paris, Moody Blues at Red Rocks, Zappas Universe (Grammy Award winner), David Bowie

Television Series/Specials
Katrina: 10 Years After and Thank You America With Robin Roberts (ABC), NYMed Seasons 1 & 2 (ABC), BostonMed Seasons 1 & 2 (ABC), Metropolitan Opera series 6 Seasons (PBS, Emmy Award Winner), American Experience series 2 seasons (WGBH/PBS), EAT: THE STORY OF FOOD (National Geographic), Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle PBS series), MasterClass series 3 seasons (HBO), Art 21: Art In The 21st Century 7 Seasons (PBS)

Broadcast Television Promos
Comedy Central-The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 9 Seasons (Emmy Award Winner), Comedy Central-The Colbert Report 8 Seasons (Emmy Award Winner), The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Broadway Shows
Spring Awakening (8 Tony Award winner), The Lion King (6 Tony Award winner),
Cats (7 Tony Award winner), Glengarry Glen Ross (3 Tony Award winner)

Mr. Shapiro received a B.A. in Mass Media/Communications in 1981 from Plattsburgh State University College where he graduated Cum Laude, and also received a special academic commendation from the Dean of Arts.