---
name: "Paul Shapiro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-shapiro"
fi1m_id: "paul-shapiro"
imdb_id: "nm0788610"
tmdb_id: 17312
wikidata_id: "Q7153544"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-23T13:15:07.448915+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Shapiro

## Identity

Paul Shapiro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-shapiro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-shapiro
- **IMDb ID:** nm0788610
- **TMDB ID:** 17312
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7153544
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shapiro_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153544, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17312

Director. Born 1 January 1955 in Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, Canada
- **Active:** 1993–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Kane](https://film.one/person/adam-kane.md), [Thomas J. Wright](https://film.one/person/thomas-j-wright.md), [Bryan Spicer](https://film.one/person/bryan-spicer.md), [Chris Long](https://film.one/person/chris-long.md), [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md), [Jeannot Szwarc](https://film.one/person/jeannot-szwarc.md), [John Badham](https://film.one/person/john-badham.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 72 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 5, Crime 4, Mystery 3, Action & Adventure 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shapiro_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153544, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17312

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84), [*24*](https://film.one/tv/24.md) (78), [*Smallville*](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) (66)
- **Peacock:** [*Supernatural*](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md) (77)
- **Netflix:** [*Heroes*](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md) (68)
- **Apple TV:** [*Criminal Minds*](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paul Shapiro (born 1955) is a Canadian television director, producer and writer who has worked in both Canada and the United States.

He began his career in 1973 on the short-film anthology *Life Times Nine*, which received an Academy Award nomination. While a student at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute he directed the television film *The Understudy* (1976). Early credits include the series *Street Legal* and *Road to Avonlea* and the films *Hockey Night* (1984) and *The Lotus Eaters* (1993), his only theatrical feature.

Shapiro has directed episodes of numerous series, including *The X-Files* (1993), *Millennium*, *Dark Angel* (2000), *Roswell* (1999), *Smallville* (2001), *24* (2001), *Heroes* (2006), *Supernatural* (2005), *Criminal Minds* (2005) and *Continuum* (2012).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Heroes* (2006), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Supernatural* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *24* (2001), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dancing Through the Snow* (2021), Director
- *Dark Angel* (2019), Director
- *Heaven* (2019), Director
- *V.C. Andrew's Casteel Family* (2019), series, Director
- *Death of a Cheerleader* (2019), Director
- *Tiny House of Terror* (2017), Director
- *Secrets in the Attic* (2016), Director
- *Dying to Be Loved* (2016), Director
- *Ring of Fire* (2012), series, Director
- *Continuum* (2012), series, Director
- *Against the Wall* (2011), series, Director
- *Rookie Blue* (2010), series, Director
- *Unnatural History* (2010), series, Director
- *Deadly Honeymoon* (2010), Director
- *Eleventh Hour* (2008), series, Director
- *Pushing Daisies* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pushing-daisies.md)
- *Bionic Woman* (2007), series, Director
- *Flash Gordon* (2007), series, Director
- *Burn Notice* (2007), series, Director
- *Heroes* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Night Stalker* (2005), series, Director
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Threshold* (2005), series, Director
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Spring Break Shark Attack* (2005), Director
- *Plain Truth* (2004), Director
- *Tru Calling* (2003), series, Director
- *Las Vegas* (2003), series, Director
- *The Stranger Beside Me* (2003), Director
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, Director
- *Miracles* (2003), series, Director
- *John Doe* (2002), series, Director
- *Shadow Realm* (2002), Director
- *24* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Jewel* (2001), Director
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, Director
- *Black and Blue* (1999), Director
- *Roswell* (1999), series, Director
- *The Price of a Broken Heart* (1999), Director
- *What We Did That Night* (1999), Director
- *C-16: FBI* (1997), series, Director
- *Millennium* (1996), series, Director
- *The Invaders* (1995), Director
- *The Invaders* (1995), series, Director
- *The Client* (1995), series, Director
- *Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story* (1995), Director
- *Avalanche* (1994), Director
- *Heads* (1994), Director
- *The Lotus Eaters* (1993), Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Street Justice* (1991), series, Director
- *The Rookies* (1989), Director, Writer
- *The Truth About Alex* (1987), Director
- *Street Legal* (1987), series, Director
- *Adderly* (1986), series, Director
- *Miracle at Moreaux* (1986), Director, Writer
- *Hockey Night* (1984), Director, Original Story, Screenplay
- *Clown White* (1981), Director, Writer
- *Life Times Nine* (1973), Director

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