# Theodore Shapiro

Theodore Michael Shapiro (/ʃəˈpaɪroʊ/ shə-PY-roh; born September 29, 1971) is an American composer best known for his film scores.
He is a frequent collaborator of directors Ben Stiller, Paul Feig, Jay Roach, Karyn Kusama, and Rawson Marshall Thurber, and won the 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on Stiller’s series Severance.

## Life and career

Shapiro was born in Washington, D.C., and is of Italian descent. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Brown University in 1993, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in music composition from the Juilliard School in 1995.
He is best known for his film scores, particularly for the comedies State and Main, 13 Going on 30, Along Came Polly, The Devil Wears Prada, Fun with Dick and Jane, Idiocracy, You, Me and Dupree, Wet Hot American Summer, Marley & Me, Tropic Thunder, the Jay Roach film Dinner for Schmucks and was one of the composers for Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In 2012, Shapiro composed for the animated film, The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

## Filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
| 1995 | The State's Annual All-Star Halloween Special | | Television film |
| 1996 | Tick | | Short film |
| 1997 | Hurricane Streets | Morgan J. Freeman | |
| 1997 | Six Ways to Sunday | Adam Bernstein | |
| 1998 | Restaurant | Eric Bross | |
| 1998 | Safe Men | John Hamburg | |
| 1999 | The Kinsey 3 | | Television film |
| 1999 | On the Ropes | Nanette Burstein Brett Morgen | Documentary film |
| 2000 | Girlfight | Karyn Kusama | |
| 2000 | State and Main | David Mamet | |
| 2000 | Prince of Central Park | John Leekley | |
| 2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | David Wain | |
| 2001 | Heist | David Mamet | |
| 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | Joe Gallen | |
| 2002 | Love in the Time of Money | Peter Mattei | |
| 2002 | Bug | Phil Hay Matt Manfredi | |
| 2003 | Old School | Todd Phillips | |
| 2003 | View from the Top | Bruno Barreto | |
| 2003 | Girlhood | | Documentary film |
| 2004 | Fashion Fa Shizzle Wit Huggie Bizzle | | Short film |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | John Hamburg | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | Todd Phillips | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2004 | 13 Going on 30 | Gary Winick | |
| 2004 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Rawson Marshall Thurber | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2005 | The Baxter | Michael Showalter | |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Dean Parisot | |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | David Frankel | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2006 | You, Me and Dupree | Anthony Russo Joe Russo | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2006 | Idiocracy | Mike Judge | |
| 2006 | A Crime | Manuel Pradal | with Ennio Morricone |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory | Will Speck Josh Gordon | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2007 | The Girl in the Park | David Auburn | |
| 2007 | Mr. Woodcock | Craig Gillespie | |
| 2008 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | Rawson Marshall Thurber | |
| 2008 | Semi-Pro | Kent Alterman | |
| 2008 | Tropic Thunder | Ben Stiller | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music Nominated—International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film |
| 2008 | Marley & Me | David Frankel | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man | John Hamburg | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2009 | Year One | Harold Ramis | |
| 2009 | Jennifer's Body | Karyn Kusama | with Stephen Barton |
| 2009 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | Marc Lawrence | |
| 2010 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Thor Freudenthal | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Film Music |
| 2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | Jay Roach | |
| 2011 | Arthur | Jason Winer | with Mark Ronson |
| 2011 | The Big Year | David Frankel | |
| 2011 | The Change-Up | David Dobkin | with John Debney |
| 2012 | Game Change | Jay Roach | Television film Nominated—Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Music in a Non-Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special |
| 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists | Peter Lord | |
| 2012 | Hope Springs | David Frankel | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2012 | The Campaign | Jay Roach | BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music |
| 2013 | We're the Millers | Rawson Marshall Thurber | with Ludwig Göransson |
| 2013 | One Chance | David Frankel | |
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Ben Stiller | International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film Nominated—Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Song Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Original Score |
| 2014 | Infinitely Polar Bear | Maya Forbes | |
| 2014 | St. Vincent | Theodore Melfi | |
| 2015 | The Invitation | Karyn Kusama | |
| 2015 | Spy | Paul Feig | Nominated—International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film |
| 2015 | Danny Collins | Dan Fogelman | |
| 2015 | Trumbo | Jay Roach | |
| 2015 | The Intern | Nancy Meyers | |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | Ben Stiller | |
| 2016 | Central Intelligence | Rawson Marshall Thurber | with Ludwig Göransson |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Paul Feig | |
| 2016 | Office Christmas Party | Josh Gordon Will Speck | |
| 2016 | Collateral Beauty | David Frankel | |
| 2016 | Why Him? | John Hamburg | |
| 2017 | The Polka King | Maya Forbes | |
| 2017 | Snatched | Jonathan Levine | with Chris Bacon |
| 2017 | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie | David Soren | Replaced John Debney Also songwriter for "Saturday" International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film Nominated—Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production |
| 2018 | A Simple Favor | Paul Feig | |
| 2018 | Destroyer | Karyn Kusama | |
| 2019 | Last Christmas | Paul Feig | |
| 2019 | Bombshell | Jay Roach | |
| 2019 | Spies in Disguise | Nick Bruno Troy Quane | Nominated—Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production |
| 2020 | Trolls World Tour | Walt Dohrn | |
| 2021 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Michael Showalter | |
| 2021 | The Good House | Maya Forbes Wally Wolodarsky | |
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | Paul Feig | |
| 2023 | Trolls Band Together | Walt Dohrn | |
| 2024 | Jackpot! | Paul Feig | |
| 2024 | Wolfs | Jon Watts | |
| 2025 | Another Simple Favor | Paul Feig | |

### TV series

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1993–1995 | The State | |
| 2007 | HBO Voyeur Project | Miniseries |
| 2021 | The Mysterious Benedict Society | Nominated—Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Live Action Program |
| 2021 | Yellowjackets | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2022 | Severance | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music |