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Vanessa Shapiro

Vanessa Shapiro

Producer, also writer

In January 2020, Vanessa Shapiro founded Nicely Entertainment, a Worldwide TV distribution and production company based in Los Angeles. With over 20+ year experience in the TV distribution business from her days at Sony Pictures and Marvista, Vanessa is Nicely’s CEO and will continue to focus on producing and distributing quality TV movies and Series. Prior to Nicely, Vanessa served as President of Worldwide TV Distribution & Co-Productions at Gaumont. During her tenure at Gaumont, Vanessa developed and served as Executive Producer on the Amazon Prime’s Original Series El Presidente (8x60’), nominated for Best Drama at the 2021 International Emmy Awards, as well as a slate of ten holiday movies including Merry Christmas Match (Hallmark). At Nicely, Vanessa has served as Executive Producer on over 90 movies and 3 TV Series, including more than 12 movies that premiered as Lifetime Originals since 2020. Vanessa has teamed up and negotiated several partnerships around the world like in Australia with Jaggi Entertainment or in Canada with Incendo. Vanessa has also co-created and Executive Produced the Netflix YA Series Gymnastics Academy: A Second Chance (10x22’). The Series marks the third project Vanessa has worked on with Netflix in the last few years after This Little Love of Mine, and the YA Netflix Original Series’ Dive Club (12x22’). Most recently, Vanessa served as Executive Producer on Nicely’s first Christmas Mini-Series, The Christmas Checklist (4x45’) for CBC Canada. Vanessa Shapiro is Executive Producer of the new Great American Family TV Series, Crossroad Springs (10x60’).

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Works as
Producer, also writer
Titles
73 on MovieCove
Links
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Known for

What are Vanessa Shapiro's films like?

Across their 73 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Romance31 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Romance movies
Comedy21 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Family3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 37th percentile
: browse their Family movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
54%
Self
23%
Society
10%
Morality
5%
Survival
5%
Ideas
2%
Power
1%
Romantic love48 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds32 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth16 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity17 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition11 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 70 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 65 · Serious 3 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 64 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 61 · Charged 7 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 66 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 49 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 60 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 69 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 70 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
57
Romantic
42
Hopeful
39
Joyful
36
Tense
8
Other
21

How their films linger

Feel-good67 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful43 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy65
  • Bittersweet8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Vanessa Shapiro's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 66 of their 73 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (45).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Vanessa Shapiro's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

73 credits, 73 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

Across their 73 MovieCove titles from 2017 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Bad Connection (2023)

$15K worldwide

Highest rated

One Perfect Match (2023)

Midcredits 72nd

Most popular right now

Crossroad Springs (2025)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing1 of 73: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing73 of 73: 72 only producing, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

By decade

2010s8 · crew2020s65 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.

How do Vanessa Shapiro's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of all 70; across their 70 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 38th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 70

Approval · how many liked their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 70

Reach · how many have seen their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 70

Midcredits score across 73 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th33
  • Below 25th21

Shape of the crowd

52 of their 73 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Cult Classic10
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed52

Most divisive · producer

Beyond the Reef (2022)

90th percentile spread · 22% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Crossroad Springs (2025)

Midcredits 77th · 78% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 32/100 and the plot and story 34/100 in their films, across 61 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Vanessa Shapiro work with?

People who share at least 2 of Vanessa Shapiro's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Scott Kirkpatrick shares the most, 18.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

  • Sean Cain16 titles    See newest 12 of 16 shared titles with Sean Cain
  • Chad Rehmann12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Chad Rehmann
  • Tom Jemmott10 titles    See all 10 shared titles with Tom Jemmott
  • David Bateman9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with David Bateman

Producers

  • Scott Kirkpatrick18 titles    See newest 12 of 18 shared titles with Scott Kirkpatrick
  • Dave Hickey12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Dave Hickey
  • Steve Jaggi12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Steve Jaggi
  • Kylie Pascoe11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Kylie Pascoe

Mixed roles