Whitey Shapiro worked closely with Lee Strasberg in New York and Hollywood. Whitey subsequently worked on a number of productions with David Mamet and William H. Macy at Goddard College in Vermont and Off Broadway in New York. After receiving his MFA in Directing, Whitey moved to Seattle in 1983, joined the Trish Lopez Actors Group, performed at the Seattle Rep and was cast in feature films such as Assassins and The Vanishing. Whitey was vice president of the NW Screenwriters Guild and created its screen writing competition. Whitey is owner of Lionclaw Films (lionclaw.com) and Artistic Director of the Seattle Actors Studio (seattleactorsstudio.com).
