Biografía
Shauna Shapiro Jackson is Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of the worldwide film and television production/ distribution companies, Showcase Entertainment, Showcase For Kids and SC Global Media (The SC Group). Showcase is a member of the Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) and attends major film and television markets each year (i.e., AFM, the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin, NATPE, MIP TV and MIPCOM). Showcase was listed as having one of the best reputations in the industry by one of the major international trade publications. Over the past over 20 + years, Shapiro Jackson has successfully marketed well over three hundred feature films and television series throughout the world in all media that star Ben Affleck, Sean Penn, Hilary Swank, Tobey Maguire, Debra Messing, Kathy Bates, Kiefer Sutherland, Katharine McPhee, Christopher Walken, Colin Firth, Rob Schneider, Lorraine Bracco, Robert Downey Jr. and more.
The pictures span all genres and her worldwide clients include Columbia/Tristar, Disney/Buena Vista, MGM, New Line, Lionsgate, HBO, Showtime, Sony Pictures Television, Lifetime, Oxygen, Syfy, Starz, Village Roadshow, Endemol, Nordisk, 20th Century Fox, BBC, BSkyB, TF1, Canal +, RTL, ZDF, Pro Sieben, Antena 3, Mediaset, NHK Japan/Mico, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, HBO Latin America, Turner, Cartoon Network and NBC/Universal to name a few.
Shapiro Jackson was previously the co-founder of Curb/Esquire Films (currently Curb Communications), where she also served as Executive Vice President. In addition, Shapiro Jackson served as Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer and Vice President Production and Acquisitions, respectively, of Curb/Musifilm whose partners included Universal Pictures. Amongst other things, Curb/Musifilm developed and co-produced the acclaimed "sex, lies and videotape" which won the Palme D'Or in Cannes.
Shapiro Jackson initially produced several films for RCA/Columbia (ultimately Columbia/Tristar) with Morgan Mason ("sex, lies and videotape"), John Hardy ("Ocean's Eleven," "Erin Brockovich") & Jason Clark ("Ted," "Stuart Little"). Most recently she Executive Produced the series "Flight 29 Down" for NBC and Discovery Kids; "Ape Escape" for NickToons, & the feature "You May Not Kiss The Bride" starring Katharine McPhee, Rob Schneider, Mena Suvari, Dave Annable and Kathy Bates.
Further, Shapiro Jackson is an attorney specializing in the area of Entertainment. She is married to David Jackson, President and CEO of Showcase Entertainment, Showcase For Kids and SC Global Media, and former Vice President of Business Affairs at MCA Records. They have three children.
