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Tristram Shapeero

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Tristram Shapeero
Sidney Turtlebaum is an eccentric gay Jewish man in his eighties who earns his living as a pickpocket and a conman. His chosen modus operandi is to gatecrash Jewish funerals in order to steal from the gathered crowd.
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Tristram Shapeero was born in 1966 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Community (2009), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015) and Never Have I Ever (2020).
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    • Nominated for 8 BAFTA Awards
      • 1 win & 16 nominations total

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    Known for

    Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong, Joel McHale, Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, and Donald Glover in Community (2009)
    Community
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    Never Have I Ever (2020)
    Never Have I Ever
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep (2012)
    Veep
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • David Alan Grier, Josh Lawson, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kaliko Kauahi, Allison Tolman, Mekki Leeper, and Kahyun Kim in St. Denis Medical (2024)
      St. Denis Medical
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • The Z-Suite (2025)
      The Z-Suite
      5.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Dinner with the Parents (2024)
      Dinner with the Parents
      5.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q, and Eliza Coupe in Pivoting (2022)
      Pivoting
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Acapulco (2021)
      Acapulco
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Holly Hunter, Ted Danson, Bobby Moynihan, Kyla Kenedy, Mike Cabellon, and Vella Lovell in Mr. Mayor (2021)
      Mr. Mayor
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Never Have I Ever (2020)
      Never Have I Ever
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Jane Levy in Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020)
      Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Mark McKinney, America Ferrera, Ben Feldman, Colton Dunn, Lauren Ash, Kaliko Kauahi, Nichole Sakura, and Nico Santos in Superstore (2015)
      Superstore
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2020
    • Bradley Whitford and Anna Camp in Perfect Harmony (2019)
      Perfect Harmony
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Nathalie Emmanuel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Nikesh Patel, and John Reynolds in Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019)
      Four Weddings and a Funeral
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Idris Elba in Turn Up Charlie (2019)
      Turn Up Charlie
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Three Rivers (2018)
      Three Rivers
      TV Movie
      • directed by
      • 2018
    • Minnie Driver, John Ross Bowie, Cedric Yarbrough, Kyla Kenedy, Mason Cook, and Micah Fowler in Speechless (2016)
      Speechless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • James Buckley in I Feel Bad (2018)
      I Feel Bad
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018

    Additional Crew

    • Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)
      Drop the Dead Donkey
      8.0
      TV Series
      • audience coordinator
      • floor manager
      • 1990–2008
    • Dawn French in The Vicar of Dibley (1994)
      The Vicar of Dibley
      8.0
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • 1994–1999
    • Leslie Ash, Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, and Caroline Quentin in Men Behaving Badly (1992)
      Men Behaving Badly
      7.7
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • 1995–1998
    • In Exile (1998)
      In Exile
      7.2
      TV Series
      • senior floor manager
      • 1998
    • Frank Skinner in Room 101 (1994)
      Room 101
      6.5
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • 1997
    • Harry Hill in Harry Hill (1997)
      Harry Hill
      7.6
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • 1997
    • A Perfect State (1997)
      A Perfect State
      7.0
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • 1997
    • Stephen Fry, Clive Anderson, Josie Lawrence, Michael McShane, Paul Merton, Greg Proops, John Sessions, Tony Slattery, and Ryan Stiles in Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988)
      Whose Line Is It Anyway?
      8.2
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • assistant floor manager
      • audience coordinator
      • 1991–1996
    • Imelda Staunton, Matthew Ashforde, Patrick Barlow, Jeremy Clyde, Kate Isitt, and Richard Lumsden in Is It Legal? (1995)
      Is It Legal?
      7.8
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • 1995–1996
    • Delicious
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • 1995
    • Viva Cabaret (1993)
      Viva Cabaret
      7.8
      TV Series
      • floor manager
      • 1993
    • Rory Bremner and the Morning After the Year Before
      TV Special
      • floor manager
      • 1992
    • Harry Enfield in Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (1989)
      Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
      8.5
      TV Movie
      • runner
      • 1989

    Producer

    • Dinner with the Parents (2024)
      Dinner with the Parents
      5.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q, and Eliza Coupe in Pivoting (2022)
      Pivoting
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Never Have I Ever (2020)
      Never Have I Ever
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Nathalie Emmanuel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Nikesh Patel, and John Reynolds in Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019)
      Four Weddings and a Funeral
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Idris Elba in Turn Up Charlie (2019)
      Turn Up Charlie
      7.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Three Rivers (2018)
      Three Rivers
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • The Sackett Sisters
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Patrick Stewart, Adrian Scarborough, Timm Sharp, Jacki Weaver, Dolly Wells, Karan Soni, and Mary Holland in Blunt Talk (2015)
      Blunt Talk
      7.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015–2016
    • Chevy Chase, Ken Jeong, Joel McHale, Jim Rash, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, and Donald Glover in Community (2009)
      Community
      8.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2013–2014

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      • 1966
      • Bath, Somerset, England, UK
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