music industry. The documentary was an homage to Shapter's brother, John, who had died shortly before the idea for the film was conceived. The cast includes many noteworthy musicians including Erykah Badu, Dave Matthews, Eric Clapton, Branford Marsalis and Questlove. Before the Music Dies premiered at the 2006 South by Southwest Film Festival. Shapter's follow up film, Happiness Is, was released in 2009, and examines the American "pursuit of happiness." Starring the Dalai Lama and Willie Nelson, Happiness Is examines the effect of upward and downward social comparisons. The film concludes with the sentiment, "Recognize what you have; appreciate what you have. Don't get caught up in envy for things you don't need." The Road to ACL is a 2016 documentary exploring the culture surrounding ACL. It features interviews from bands and fans alike, as well as footage of band performances and clips of fans road-tripping to the festival. The documentary stars bands such as 21 Pilots, Foo Fighters and Alabama Shakes. Television Shapter has also completed video projects for HBO and National Geographic Television. He worked as a director and editor on the making of Treme, an HBO television drama series that portrays a New Orleans neighborhood's struggle to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. Shapter also produced National Geographic TV's Geo Sessions. Videography In 2016, Shapter was tasked by the U.S. State Department to produce a video, Refugees Are..., documenting the worldwide refugee crisis. The goal of the video was to rally countries across the globe to further their support for the nearly 65 million people forcibly displaced due to violence and persecution. The video was narrated by Bono, produced by C3 Presents, and shown at the UN Summit on Refugees directly following President Barack Obama's final address to the United Nations. Shapter filmed and directed a music video for Willie Nelson titled A Horse Called Music in 2013. This video marks the beginning of Shapter and Nelson's creative relationship, which has now turned into more than 100 hours of footage that they both hope to someday make into a documentary that peers into the artist's captivating private life. In 2010, Shapter created a music video for The Roots' single, "Now or Never" from their album How I Got Over. In an open letter to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences published by the Huffington Post, Shapter includes his musical short film alongside his assertion that The Roots'