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name: "Shira Piven"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 October 1961"
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# Shira Piven

Director. Born 8 October 1961 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 October 1961, United States
- **Active:** 2004–2014

## Biography

Shira Piven is an American director, actress and producer. She has directed episodes of the television series *Transparent* (2014), as well as *One Mississippi* (2016), *Claws* (2017), *Sweetbitter* (2018) and *Room 104* (2017).

Piven began her career in theatre, directing more than twenty stage productions in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. She founded the Water Theater Company in New York in 1999. Her feature films include *Fully Loaded* (2011) and *Welcome to Me* (2015).

She trained at Bennington College and is the daughter of theatre founders Joyce Hiller Piven and Byrne Piven.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Transparent* (2014), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/transparent.md)
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Fi1m 78, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)

## Also known for

- *Welcome to Me* (2015), Director
- *Room 104* (2017), Director
- *Sweetbitter* (2018), Director
- *One Mississippi* (2016), Director

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