About Us

NOT EVEN THE CHAIR PRODUCTIONS is committed to raising up voices that are not being heard, telling stories that are not being told, and providing filmmakers a home to collaborate and thrive. Rebecca Shapiro and Lea-Beth Shapiro are sisters who were raised on movies and television and were taught that all of life’s lessons could be found in those stories. From the most intimate indie film, to sweeping epics, and everything in between, their love of the magic of an escape into another world is what they strive to share with their partners and their audiences.

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Rebecca Shapiro

Rebecca Shapiro is an award-winning writer and director for her short films FOR MURIEL and I'M HERE. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, she began her career at Polygram Records focusing on alternative marketing, before moving on to MTV where she helped re-design their online presence. An accomplished photographer, she has directed and produced documentaries ranging in subject matter from the revival of Burlesque to the struggle of our injured Military Veterans as they strive for Paralympic triumph. She has directed, produced and edited corporate branding and reality television for Pilgrim Films and Television, the Concept Farm, and Lotus Pictures.

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Lea-Beth Shapiro

Lea-Beth Shapiro is an award-winning producer for her short films FOR MURIEL and I'M HERE. A graduate of New York University, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the American Film Institute, she began her career producing promos for cable networks USA and the Sci-Fi Channel before transitioning to network news and the Today Show. Her feature films include BENEATH THE DARK which premiered at SXSW, before being distributed by IFC Films; and Monte Hellman’s ROAD TO NOWHERE, which won a Special Lion for Career Achievement at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. She has now formed Not Even the Chair Productions, with her sister, Rebecca, to develop and produce independent films and television projects across all genres to appeal to wide ranging audiences.