Allen Shapiro
Encyclopedia
Allen Shapiro is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film and television producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

. He is the savvy media invester and entertainment programmer. Allen Shapiro is the wizard behind the curtain of this One Equity Partners
One Equity Partners
One Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries....

 deal-in-the-making to purchase CKX. The last time Shapiro partnered with One Equity Partners
One Equity Partners
One Equity Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries....

, the global private equity investment arm of JPMorgan Chase, it was for their purchase of 49% of Lionsgate's TV Guide Channel and TVGuide.com.

Filmography

  • Air America
    Air America (film)
    Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots, during the Vietnam War, flying missions in Laos...

    (1990; co-producer)
  • Universal Soldier
    Universal Soldier (1992 film)
    Universal Soldier is a 1992 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren as soldiers who kill each other in Vietnam but are reanimated in a secret Army project along with a large group of other previously dead...

    (1992)
  • The Quick and the Dead (1995)
  • Universal Soldier: The Return
    Universal Soldier: The Return
    Universal Soldier: The Return is a 1999 American science fiction action film directed by Mic Rodgers and starred Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, professional wrestler Bill Goldberg, Heidi Schanz, Kiana Tom and Xander Berkeley as Doctor Dylan Cotner...

    (1999)
  • Blue Steak
    Blue Streak (film)
    Blue Streak is a 1999 American action comedy film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Martin Lawrence. The film is a remake of the 1965 British film The Big Job, although the original film is uncredited...

    (1999; executive producer
    Executive producer
    An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

    )

External links

http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/exclusive-allen-shapiro-behind-one-equity-partners-planned-deal-to-buy-american-idols-ckx/
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