Justine Shapiro

Justine Shapiro
Born March 20, 1963
South Africa
Occupation Actress, TV travel host, documentary filmmaker, director, producer, writer
Years active 1992–present
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Justine Shapiro profile

Justine Shapiro (born March 20, 1963) is South African born North American actress, filmmaker, writer, hostess and producer, who is one of several main hosts of the Pilot Productions travel/adventure series Globe Trekker (also called Pilot Guides in Canada and originally broadcast as Lonely Planet).

Television and film career

Before hosting Globe Trekker/Pilot Guides, Shapiro appeared in various roles in film and television. Eventually, she was involved in several documentaries including co-production/direction duties on 2001's Promises, which was nominated for best Documentary Feature at the 74th Academy Awards.

She produced and directed a feature-length documentary entitled Our Summer in Tehran.

In 2013 she became host of "Time Team America", shown on PBS.[1]

Personal

Shapiro grew up in Berkeley, California.[2]

Shapiro is a survivor of the World Airways Flight 30 airplane crash at Boston's Logan Airport on January 23, 1982.[3]

During an October 2006 broadcast of the Globe Trekker Venice City Guide episode, Shapiro revealed that she went to Tufts University (majoring in history and theater)[2] with Oliver Platt, who recognized her in the crowd, while she was covering the Venice Film Festival, where Platt was promoting Casanova.

In her lead up to a Globe Trekker visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp she stated "Like many Jewish Americans, I have Polish roots. And the Auschwitz concentration camp was where many of my relatives died during World War II."[4]

In Globe Trekker's "South Africa 2", Shapiro and co-host Sami Sabiti traveled to South Africa. While in Soweto, Shapiro visited the nanny she had as a child.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Justine Shapiro". Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Time Team America. "Host: Justine Shapiro". PBS (Arlington, Virginia). Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Washingtonpost.com: Live Online". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.pilotguides.com/tv_shows/globe_trekker/shows/specials/world-war2.php
  5. ↑ Globe Trekker TV Shows: South Africa 2, Pilot TV Shows, 2007.

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