CHRISTIAN SHAPIRO
Film Director & Screenwriter
WORK
Short Film /15 minutes / 2023
As Russia, mired in war, faces economic collapse and humiliating defeat, its long-term dictator issues an ultimatum: meet his demands within 24 hours, or four Western cities will be struck with nuclear bombs. When something goes wrong during his televised address, a shocking truth about his rule is revealed on air.
IN DEVELOPMENT
The New Frontier
Feature Film / Drama, Sci-Fi / Financing
When humanity's promised new frontier becomes Mars, a proud California farmer refuses to flee a dying Earth until the brutal demands of survival force an impossible choice between the only home she's ever known and her sons' future.
Infamia
Feature Film / Drama / Treatment
In present-day Russia, a young woman facing prison for a string of financial crimes scrambles to outmaneuver the system and avoid the disgrace and poverty she fought so hard to escape.
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We come to this place for Judgement...
Rendezvous at the cemetery
Short Film / Financing
Short Film / Pre-Production
At a rural Midwestern cemetery, a lonely widower awkwardly pursues a distant woman,
unaware of the tragedy that brought her there.
In a celestially bureaucratic office behind the theater screen, a neurotic God, a chaos-loving Satan, and a morally rigid Saint Pietra preside over the final judgment of the freshly deceased—the audience watching the film.
ABOUT
Christian Shapiro is a film director and screenwriter focused on psychological realism in intimate, character-driven stories. His work explores human behavior under the pressure of global political, social, and technological shifts, often placing ordinary individuals in extraordinary circumstances.
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Grounded in precise observation, emotional truth, and restrained storytelling, his films favor behavior over spectacle, revealing tension through internal struggle, moral ambiguity, and subtle conflicts.
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Originally from Russia and now living between Los Angeles and New York, Christian brings a cross-cultural perspective shaped by living and traveling across 50 countries.
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He is currently developing narrative film and television projects.
