Jonathan Kaplan was born in Paris, France, to film composer Sol Kaplan and actress Frances Heflin (the sister of actor Van Heflin and a regular on ABC's soap opera All My Children (1970). He started his career as a child actor in the Broadway production of "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs," directed by Elia Kazan. He also performed as a child in ...
I suspected from all the mythology about Corman that I would meet some wild-eyed, long-haired, crazed, drugged -out maniac - and what I met was a businessman. i think he took acid once, to research "The Trip." He had his secretary with him, or his story editor, and was totally professional.
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It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of casting. A director can guide an actor in terms of his performance, but the essence of his personality is what audiences respond to. People respond to people.
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Unless it's Shakespeare, there's no line of dialogue that's sacred, there's no piece of blocking that's sacred. The important thing is that the actors have the best environment t give a piece of themselves. That's after all what they're doing.
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Kaplan's film, "Over the Edge," received scant distribution in the States ad was eventually shelved. It was released shortly after "The Warriors," and exhibitors were afraid it might also provoke violence as "The Warriors" had done. Kaplan was out of work for two years after "Over the Edge.".
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The directors he admires most are Hitchcock, Hawks, Ford, Cukor and Walsh.
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Recived his B.A. from NYU, graduating officially in 1970.
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Has directed 2 actresses to Oscar-nominated performances: Jodie Foster (Best Actress, The Accused (1988)), and Michelle Pfeiffer (Best Actress, Love Field (1992)). Foster won an Oscar for her performance.
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When directing music videos, goes by the name 'Jonathan Dark', a nickname given to him by John Mellencamp.
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