Jonathan Kaplan, the fivefold director / producer nominated at the Emmys of Emmys EAST and filmmaker behind projects like The accused, the bad girls And Illegal entrancedied at the age of 77, according to several media reports.
His daughter Molly Kaplan said he died on Friday at his home in Los Angeles of advanced liver cancer.
Kaplan was born in Paris on November 25, 1947 of veterans in the industry, Father Sol Kaplan, film and television composer, and mother Frances Heflin, a regular by Soap ABC All my children. (He was also the nephew of Oscar -winning actor Van Heflin.)
He began his career as a child director in the production of Broadway of The darkness at the top of the stairsDirected by Elia Kazan. Later, Kaplan obtained his baccalaureate at the University of Chicago and studied the film at New York University, where he was taught by Martin Scorsese.
It was the Goodfellas Director who recommended it to Roger Corman, who called Kaplan to offer him his debut as director, the 1972 sexplotation film Night Call Nurseswhich was followed by another mission in 1973 Students teachers. This year, he also directed Slams For Corman’s brother, producer Gene Corman. Subsequently, he led the Blaxploitation Truck turner.
In 1975, he directed his first major studio film, Columbia Pictures’ White line fever (1975), with Jan-Michael Vincent in the neo-ou of crime. Its funds from subsequent director include Mr. Billion, on the edge and TV movies like The Gentleman Bandit. Outside the film, he made clips for Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart and John Mellencamp.
In particular, Kaplan made two actresses towards the appointments of the Oscars: Jodie Foster in the torn legal drama of the head The accused (1988) and Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992 Love field. The first won for its performance. He also produced Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt in the 1987s Project X; Glenn Close, James Woods and Mary Stuart Masterson in the 1989 Immediate family; Kurt Russell, Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe in 1992 Illegal entrance; Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore in 1994 Bad girls (with also Stowe and Masterson); and Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale and Bill Pullman in her latest feature film, 1999 Brokedown Palace.
For its production work on EASTKaplan shared EMMY nominations for exceptional dramatic series with John Wells and Michael Crichton in 1999, 2000 and 2001. He obtained head sees in 2000 and 2001. Overall, he directed dozens of episodes of NBC’s veneration. Its other television director credits include Fall angels,, Law and order: SVU,, Cross Jordan,, Without trace,, Siblings And East End witches.
In addition to her daughter, the survivors include her sister, actress Nora Heflin and the nieces Hannah and Eliza. Sister Mady Kaplan, who appeared in Project Xhad preceded it.
Kaplan was married to Julie Selzer, the casting director on The accused And a majority of his projects in the 1980s, from 1987 to their divorce from 2001.
