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Andrew Shapter

For the souls who live among me.

About Me

I have a facinating 6 yr old daughter, two unemployed dogs, one house and a van. Life is short, so, I don't sweat the small stuff. After 15 years of working as a free-lance photographer, I turned to filmmaking. I am currently directing my second film which will be shot all over the U.S and parts of Central America. However, I am still (and will always be) a photographer.
My first film, Before the Music Dies is now available on dvd, but, you can see at a screening near you. To buy the dvd or to find a screening, go to BeforeTheMusicDies.Com! Please help support my filmmaking habit!
My next film, Happiness Is, explores the myths and the truths about the pursuit of happiness in America. To find out more about it, simply click on Happiness Is in my "top friends" below, click here for a trailer
Happiness Is website . You'll find blogs, photos and reports from the set. Please add Happiness Is as your friend! We need your support.
To learn more about my photography or to tour my galleries, simply click on the photo link below.
My main site WWW.ANDREWSHAPTER. COM
The B4MD movie site is WWW.BEFORETHEMUSICDIES.COM.....
or you can just visit "Before the Music Dies" right here on My Space. The Hapiness Is site has the new trailer, Check It Out!
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My Interests

The usual creative stuff...movies, good food and music, ahhh music! Oh, and gardening on Sundays.

I'd like to meet:


Humans

Music:

Music created and performed from the heart.

Movies:

Volver, Ray, Amelie, Cinema Paradisio, Il Postino, Dr. Zhivago, Run Lola Run, Reds, Fandango, Being There, Splendor in the Grass, Half Baked, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Talk to Her .....just anything from Pedro Almodovar

Books:

Razors Edge, Stumbling on Happiness, The Blue List, Issac's Storm, Coming to Our Senses and The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt.

Heroes:

Musicians

My Blog

"Objects" From the Greener Side Blog 8~6

Last year, I was fortunate to visit Bergen, Norway for their annual film festival. It was one of the first overseas festivals to showcase Before the Music Dies. It's known in Europe as the "city betw...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:35:00 PST

From The Greener Side Blog 3~17

So I've been on the road this week with a small film crew talking with Americans about The Greener Side. This chilly March trip has found us filming in the mid-western United States. While traveling o...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:57:00 PST

Meet B4MD's Doyle Bramhall II at Waterloo Records

This Thursday March 1st at Waterloo Records (S.Lamar Austin Texas), join me in welcoming the star of B4MD, Doyle Bramhall II. He will be performing at this rare in store appearance. Doyle will be on h...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:03:00 PST

The Chuck D Show/Air America

I'll be live on Chuck D's radio show on Air America this Sunday night at 12:30 Eastern/11:30 Central/10:30 Mountain/9:30 Pacific. If you happened to near a radio.....here are the stations. NationalX...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:10:00 PST

Yes, you can still get B4MD in time for Christmas.

For those haven't ordered yet and still want to get the dvd of Before the Music Dies in time for Christmas, order today at Amazon.com! Because we sold 250% more dvd's than expected, Amazon ran out and...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:19:00 PST

B4MD North American Screening list and dvd sale date!

Listed below, are first round screenings of Before the Music Dies across the US for the holiday season. 55+ locations/dates will be added within the next couple of weeks. We successfully completed pr...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:33:00 PST

Pedro Almodovar

Viva Pedro!In this day and age Hollywood spends most of it's time on sequels or making 1970's television shows into features, I'm sure the heads of the giant conglomerate studios are spending time tod...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:18:00 PST

I want to shoot you, but...

Recently, I have been getting e-mails from folks requesting me to "shoot a portfolio" or do a "fashion magazine layout". I can't find it in my heart to do them. I took a chance on changing careers and...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:47:00 PST

B4MD welcomed in NYC.

Welcome to New York! You never know when your dealing in "firsts", how things are going to turn out. My first film played in New York City for the first time. A special event screening hosted by Eryka...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:33:00 PST

In the belly of the Clear Channel beast

On a cool June afternoon in Ann Arbor Michigan, I arrived to yetanother radio interview about the film. The film was set to previewat Ann Arbor's historic Michigan Theater the same evening, so, theint...
Posted by Andrew Shapter on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:38:00 PST