Tristram Shapeero is an English television director and producer who has worked on both British and American comedy series.
[11] He has also directed episodes of Veep, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, I Feel Bad, Trophy Wife, The Grinder, Benched, and Pivoting.
[12] Shapeero's first feature film as director, A Merry Friggin' Christmas starring Robin Williams, was released in 2014 to negative reviews.
[1] In November 2020, Shapeero attracted controversy when he forgot to mute his microphone while hosting an online audition on Zoom, and was heard making disparaging comments about American actor Lukas Gage's apartment; while talking to someone else about Gage, he mentioned that "these poor people live in these tiny apartments".
[16] Gage later posted the video on Twitter, where it went viral and prompted figures such as Judd Apatow and January Jones to defend him.