Jonathan Kaplan

PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, ACTOR

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Jonathan Kaplan was born in Paris, France, to film composer Sol Kaplan and actress Frances Heflin (the sister of actor Van Heflin and a regular on ABC's soap opera All My Children (1970). He started his career as a child actor in the Broadway production of "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs," directed by Elia Kazan. He also performed as a child in Elaine May's improvisational theatre, and worked with Martin Ritt in "The Molly Maguires" and 'Arthur Hiller (I)' in "Plaza Suite." Kaplan earned his B.A. at the University of Chicago and attended New York University's Film School, where he made a short film entitled Stanley, Stanley (1965), which won the grand prize in the National Student Film Festival. While at NYU Kaplan cut a film for PBS and worked at the Fillmore East. He then received a call from Roger Corman, who offered him a chance to direct his first Hollywood film, Night Call Nurses (1972). Kaplan displayed sufficient resourcefulness on a severely restricted budget to be given another Corman feature to direct, The Student Teachers (1973). He also directed The Slams (1973) for Roger's producer brother, Gene Corman. His next film, Chikago Poker (1974) starring Isaac Hayes, was one of the early black exploitation films. Kaplan then directed Straße der Gewalt (1975) starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Kay Lenz, which went on to become one of Columbia Pictures' successful films in 1975, and followed it with Mister Billion (1977) starring Terence Hill. Kaplan's next film, Wut im Bauch (1979) for which he discovered Matt Dillon, encountered distribution problems, and it was not until two years later, when the film was shown in revival houses, that it received the critical attention it deserved. Kaplan has also directed the television films Das elfte Opfer (1979) starring Bess Armstrong, The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980), The Gentleman Bandit (1981) and Operation Osaka (1983). ...und wenn der letzte Reifen platzt (1983), starring Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges, opened to a warm reception at the New York Film Festival. Since "Heart Like a Wheel," Kaplan has turned his talents toward directing music videos, including Barbra Streisand's "Left in the Dark," Rod Stewart's "Infatuation" and John Mellencamp's "Rain on the Scarecrow," "Lonely Ole Night," "Smalltown" and "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Jonathan Kaplan’s flixes, followed by Vudu compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Jonathan Kaplan on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1972 to 1999. See the full graphs of the number of Jonathan Kaplan movies released per year from 1976 till 1999.

Top Genres

Jonathan Kaplan works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Crime Genre flixes. 37% of Jonathan Kaplan movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Jonathan Kaplan worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Jonathan Kaplan has worked on is 5.9.

5.9 / 10

Jonathan Kaplan's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.

7.3/1095 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.

7.1/10111 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Thriller
Truck Turner (1974)

Blaxploitation film about a former professional football player who becomes a bounty hunter in Los Angeles.

6.9/1091 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

When a woman en route to JFK's funeral befriends a black man and his daughter, they experience numerous revelations and hardships.

6.5/10105 min

Available in 5 platform(s).

Drama,Mystery,Thriller
Brokedown Palace (1999)

Two women are arrested for smuggling while vacationing in Thailand.

6.4/10100 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Thriller
Unlawful Entry (1992)

A burglar holds a knife to Karen's throat while her husband does nothing. The couple ends befriending the cop that comes. The friendship ends when the cop beats up the culprit. Karen isn't ready to end it. Things get ugly with the cop.

6.3/10111 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama,Sci-Fi
Project X (1987)

An Air Force pilot joins a top secret military experiment involving chimps, but begins to suspect there might be something more to the mysterious "Project X".

6.1/10108 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
White Line Fever (1975)

In the 1970s Arizona, a young married man becomes an independent long-haul driver and he risks his life fighting the corruption in the local long-haul trucking industry.

6.1/1090 min

Available in 6 platform(s).