Arnold Shapiro (born 1941) is an
Academy Award and 16-time Emmy Award-winning
television producer and
writer.
His best known work is the 1978 Oscar and Emmy-winning documentary,
Scared Straight!
His other
productions include the CBS reality series,
Rescue 911, hosted by William Shatner (1989-1996) and the CBS
reality series, Big Brother
(2001-2006); the ABC documentary series,
Brat Camp (2005); the
documentary, Scared Silent: Exposing & Ending Child
Abuse, hosted by Oprah Winfrey
(1992) which aired as a simulcast on CBS,
NBC, PBS, followed by
ABC -- it holds the
distinction of being the most watched non-news documentary special
ever broadcast on American TV; and Break The Silence: Kids
Against Child Abuse, hosted by Jane Seymour, which received the
prestigious George Foster
Peabody Award; Kids Killing Kids, hosted by Malcolm Jamal-Warner, an Emmy-winning
docu-drama which aired simultaneously and commercial-free on CBS
and Fox; and the
Emmy-winning series of specials, The Teen Files, hosted by
Leeza Gibbons. Shapiro sold his
first show when he was 22, and since then has produced 28 series,
four TV movies, and more than 90 documentaries and specials. Arnold
Shapiro Productions has produced programs for all the broadcast
networks and 14 cable channels - from
MTV to
HBO.
Shapiro is a native of Los Angeles and a
graduate of UCLA
.
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