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name: "Jonathan Kaplan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonathan-kaplan"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "25 November 1947"
died: "1 August 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:07.385215+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."
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# Jonathan Kaplan

Director and producer. Born 25 November 1947 in Paris, France. Died 1 August 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 25 November 1947, Paris, France
- **Died:** 1 August 2025
- **Also known as:** Jonathan Dark, Jonathan Stewart Kaplan

## Biography

Jonathan Kaplan (25 November 1947 – 1 August 2025) was an American film and television director and producer. Born in Paris, he was the son of composer Sol Kaplan and actress Frances Heflin, and the nephew of actor Van Heflin. He studied at the University of Chicago and New York University’s film school before apprenticing with producer Roger Corman.

Kaplan directed feature films including *Truck Turner* (1974), *Over the Edge* (1979), *Heart Like a Wheel* (1983), *The Accused* (1988), *Immediate Family* (1989), *Unlawful Entry* (1992) and *Brokedown Palace* (1999). *The Accused* earned Jodie Foster an Academy Award for Best Actress. He directed and produced numerous episodes of the series *ER* (1994–2009), receiving five Emmy nominations for his work on the programme. He also directed episodes of *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*, *Without a Trace* and other series, and several music videos.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Also known for

- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Director
- *The Accused* (1988), Director
- *Brokedown Palace* (1999), Director
- *Unlawful Entry* (1992), Director
- *Project X* (1987), Director
- *Without a Trace* (2002), Director
- *Bad Girls* (1994), Director
- *Witches of East End* (2013), Director

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