Debra Shapiro

Debra Shapiro joined The Jim Henson Company in 2015 and is responsible for negotiating, documenting and advising on all content creation and exploitation, including development, production, distribution, licensing, publishing, and interactive/new media. She is based at the company’s headquarters in Los Angeles.

Shapiro previously worked at Paramount Pictures in Worldwide Pay Television and Home Entertainment, and represented the studio on various MPAA committees, including Ancillary Rights, Digital Strategy and Anti-Piracy. She also worked at Sony Pictures, Genius Products, and Warner Home Entertainment & Digital Distribution. She started her career in private practice at Fried Frank in New York, and then Shearman & Sterling in New York and later Los Angeles, where she provided regulatory, bankruptcy, liability and litigation advice in connection with corporate, M&A, real estate and other commercial transactions.