---
name: "Paul A. Kaplan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-a-kaplan"
fi1m_id: "paul-a-kaplan"
imdb_id: "nm0438350"
tmdb_id: 4174087
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T17:00:00.910930+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."
---

# Paul A. Kaplan

## Identity

Paul A. Kaplan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-a-kaplan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-a-kaplan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0438350
- **TMDB ID:** 4174087
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4174087

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4174087

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Garfield Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-garfield-movie.md) (47)

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

## Biography

Paul A. Kaplan is a writer and producer. He has worked extensively in television, with writing and producing credits on series including *George Lopez* (2003–2007), *Spin City* (2000–2002), *Just Shoot Me!* (2002–2003), *Outsourced* (2010–2011), *Raising Hope* (2012–2014) and *Dr. Ken* (2015–2016).

Kaplan frequently collaborates with writer Mark Torgove. Their feature screenplay credits include *The Late Bloomer* (2016) and *The Garfield Movie* (2024), the latter directed by Mark Dindal and also written with David Reynolds.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, writingstudio.co.za.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Garfield Movie* (2024), Fi1m 47, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-garfield-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *The Garfield Movie* (2024), Screenplay — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/the-garfield-movie.md)
- *The Late Bloomer* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Dr. Ken* (2015), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Outsourced* (2010), series, Writer
- *Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills* (1994), series, Writer

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