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Jonathan Kaplan

Highest Rated: 100% Heart Like a Wheel (1983)

Lowest Rated: 13% Bad Girls (1994)

Birthday: Nov 25, 1947

Birthplace: Paris, France

The son of blacklisted composer Sol Kaplan and an early protege of Roger Corman, Kaplan directed several competent exploitation films in the 1970s before graduating to somewhat more character-driven features in the 80s. Some of his most notable works of include the "troubled teens" movie, "Over the Edge" (1979), and the racing car saga, "Heart Like a Wheel" (1983), which boasted a fine performance by Bonnie Bedelia.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 82% Heart Like a Wheel
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93% 79% The Accused
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85% 83% Over the Edge
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81% 88% That Guy Dick Miller
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76% 49% Unlawful Entry
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74% 55% Project X
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60% 73% Truck Turner
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54% 55% Immediate Family
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40% 54% Love Field
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31% 66% Brokedown Palace
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Jonathan Kaplan BROKEDOWN PALACE, Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Jonathan Kaplan, 1999 BAD GIRLS, director Jonathan Kaplan (left), on set, 1994. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved UNLAWFUL ENTRY, director Jonathan Kaplan, on set, 1992. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. PROJECT X, director Jonathan Kaplan, on set, 1987. TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. OVER THE EDGE, director Jonathan Kaplan on set, 1979, (c) Orion IMMEDIATE FAMILY, screenwriter Barbara Benedek, director Jonathan Kaplan, on set, 1989. ©Columbia Pictures View more photos

Filmography

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That Guy Dick Miller 81% 88% 2014 Executive Producer Brokedown Palace 31% 66% 1999 Director In Cold Blood 22% 1996 Director Picture Windows: Trilogy 1 1995 Director Reform School Girl 1994 Director Bad Girls 13% 40% 1994 Director Love Field 40% 54% 1992 Director Unlawful Entry 76% 49% 1992 Director Immediate Family 54% 55% 1989 Director The Accused 93% 79% 1988 Director Project X 74% 55% 1987 Director Death Ride to Osaka 33% 1983 Director Heart Like a Wheel 100% 82% 1983 Director The Gentleman Bandit 1981 Director The Hustler of Muscle Beach 1980 Director Over the Edge 85% 83% 1979 Director 11th Victim 1979 Director Mr. Billion 11% 1977 Director, Screenwriter Hollywood Boulevard 46% 1976 Scotty Actor White Line Fever 29% 53% 1975 Director Truck Turner 60% 73% 1974 Director Student Teachers 1973 Director The Slams 29% 1973 Director Night Call Nurses 17% 1972 Director
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