---
name: "David Kaplan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-kaplan"
fi1m_id: "david-kaplan"
imdb_id: "nm3346661"
tmdb_id: 1397717
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-22T04:30:05.207229+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."
---

# David Kaplan

## Identity

David Kaplan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-kaplan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-kaplan
- **IMDb ID:** nm3346661
- **TMDB ID:** 1397717
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3346661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1397717

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 85 (2), 2020s 73 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, History 1, Horror 1, Music 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $29m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3346661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1397717

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*It Follows*](https://film.one/film/it-follows.md) (84)

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

## Biography

David Kaplan is a film producer based in Brooklyn, New York. He was a principal and co-founder of the New York production company Animal Kingdom, and has worked in independent production, finance and sales for over two decades. He previously worked with producer Christine Vachon.

Kaplan produced *It Follows* (2015). His other credits as producer or executive producer include *Short Term 12* (2013), *Drinking Buddies* (2013), *Obvious Child* (2014), *It Comes at Night* (2017), *Tramps* (2016), *Kicks* (2016), *Goodnight Mommy* (2022) and *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025). He was named one of Daily Variety's "10 Producers to Watch" in 2014 and one of Screen International's "Future Leaders" in 2015.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md)
- *It Follows* (2015), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/it-follows.md)
- *Short Term 12* (2013), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/short-term-12.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Josephine* (2026), Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/josephine.md)
- *The Last Day* (2026), Producer
- *Idiotka* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Testament of Ann Lee* (2025), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-testament-of-ann-lee.md)
- *Out of Darkness* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Sweet East* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Goodnight Mommy* (2022), Producer
- *The Year of the Everlasting Storm* (2021), Executive Producer
- *It Comes at Night* (2017), Producer
- *Tramps* (2016), Producer
- *Kicks* (2016), Producer
- *It Follows* (2015), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/it-follows.md)
- *Obvious Child* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Short Term 12* (2013), Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/short-term-12.md)
- *Drinking Buddies* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Honor and Glory* (1992), as Cameraman
- *The Origin of the World*, Producer
- *They Follow*, Producer
- *Triumph of the Will*, Producer
- *The Queue*, Producer

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