Debra Shapiro
SVP, Business and Legal Affairs @The Jim Henson Company
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WORK HISTORY
SVP, Business and Legal Affairs @The Jim Henson Company
Los Angeles, CA, US
Manage and deliver all BA and legal services and deliverables for full range of content creation and exploitation. Experienced in studio and network deals, co-productions, rights options, talent agreements, guilds, finance, IP, vendor services, publicity and promotion, catalog and second window distribution, merchandise licensing, publishing, live entertainment, and branded character design and puppet fabrication business.
EDUCATION
Cornell University
BA, School of Arts & Sciences, History Major
Boston University School of Law
JD, magna cum laude, Law Review
SKILLS
ABOUT DEBRA SHAPIRO
Business and legal affairs executive with 20+ years in the entertainment industry. In current role as Head of BA, manage ambitious development slate for feature, television, short form content, and oversee legal function on multiple completed productions from greenlight through delivery. Previous in-house experience at several major studios (Paramount, Warner, Sony) with dozens of content acquisition and outbound distribution transactions. Ex-Biglaw (Shearman & Sterling and Fried Frank).
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