---
name: "Bruce Eric Kaplan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-eric-kaplan"
fi1m_id: "bruce-eric-kaplan"
imdb_id: "nm1001155"
tmdb_id: 1222818
wikidata_id: "Q991613"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "9 September 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:41:25.180442+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bruce Eric Kaplan

## Identity

Bruce Eric Kaplan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-eric-kaplan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-eric-kaplan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1001155
- **TMDB ID:** 1222818
- **Wikidata ID:** Q991613
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Eric_Kaplan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1001155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222818

Writer and producer. Born 9 September 1964 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 9 September 1964, USA
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:** Bruce Kaplan
- **Frequently works with:** [Jamie Babbit](https://film.one/person/jamie-babbit.md), [Jenni Konner](https://film.one/person/jenni-konner.md), [Jesse Peretz](https://film.one/person/jesse-peretz.md), [Richard Shepard](https://film.one/person/richard-shepard.md), [Sarah Heyward](https://film.one/person/sarah-heyward.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Eric_Kaplan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1001155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222818

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90), [*Nobody Wants This*](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md) (78)
- **HBO Max:** [*Six Feet Under*](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) (86), [*Girls*](https://film.one/tv/girls.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bruce Eric Kaplan is an American writer, producer and cartoonist. He has written episodes of *Seinfeld* (1997–1998), *Six Feet Under* (2001–2005), *Girls* (2012–2016) and *Nobody Wants This* (2024–), and served as executive producer or co-executive producer on several of these series. He is a longtime contributor of single-panel cartoons to *The New Yorker*, with work appearing since 1991.

Kaplan graduated from Wesleyan University. He has also written and illustrated several books of cartoons and children’s stories. He is married to writer Kate Robin.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, vanityfair.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Nobody Wants This* (2024), Fi1m 78, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md)
- *Girls* (2012), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer, Writer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/girls.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), Fi1m 86, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Too Much* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *No Good Deed* (2024), series, Writer
- *Nobody Wants This* (2024), series, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/nobody-wants-this.md)
- *Mr. Corman* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Girls* (2012), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/girls.md)
- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *The Naked Truth* (1995), series, Writer
- *Cybill* (1995), series, Writer
- *Danger Theatre* (1993), series, Writer
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

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