---
name: "Howard Kaplan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-kaplan"
fi1m_id: "howard-kaplan"
imdb_id: "nm2637037"
tmdb_id: 1313483
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-09T19:25:11.674843+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."
---

# Howard Kaplan

## Identity

Howard Kaplan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/howard-kaplan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** howard-kaplan
- **IMDb ID:** nm2637037
- **TMDB ID:** 1313483
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2637037/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1313483

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Abbey Lee](https://film.one/person/abbey-lee.md), [Jon Baird](https://film.one/person/jon-baird.md), [Kevin Costner](https://film.one/person/kevin-costner.md), [Mark Gillard](https://film.one/person/mark-gillard.md), [Sam Worthington](https://film.one/person/sam-worthington.md), [Sienna Miller](https://film.one/person/sienna-miller.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 56, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 64 (1), 2020s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 55 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Western 2, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $139m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2637037/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1313483

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1*](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Howard Kaplan is a film and television producer. He has credits as producer on *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024) and *Odd Thomas* (2013), and as executive producer on *The Good Shepherd* (2006) and *Anon* (2018).

Kaplan is a partner at Territory Pictures and has collaborated with Kevin Costner on the *Horizon* project and related television productions, including *Kevin Costner's the West* (2025) as executive producer and *The Gray House* (2024–2026) as producer.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), Fi1m 48, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2.md)
- *The Good Shepherd* (2006), Fi1m 64, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-shepherd.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *The Gray House* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Kevin Costner's The West* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Anon* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Odd Thomas* (2013), Producer
- *The Good Shepherd* (2006), Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-shepherd.md)
- *Thanks a Lot* (1963), Director
- *Khrushchev* (1961), Director
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3*, Producer
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4*, Producer
- *Headhunters*, Producer

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