Jonathan Kaplan, director of “The Accused” and nominated 5 occasions for Emmys for episodes of “ER,” died Friday in Los Angles of liver most cancers. His dying was confirmed by his daughter Molly.
Kaplan was the son of movie composer Sol Kaplan and actress Frances Heflin and studied underneath Martin Scorsese in New York Metropolis after graduating from the College of Chicago.
It was Scorsese who linked Kaplan to Roger Corman, who in flip introduced him onboard to direct the intercourse comedy “Evening Name Nurses.” Kaplan went on to direct “The Slam,” “Truck Turner,” “Over The Edge” and extra.
He shifted to directing TV motion pictures and music movies within the Eighties and labored with performers together with Barbra Streisand and Rod Stewart. Kaplan was accountable for director Jodi Foster in “The Accused,” which earned the actress her first Greatest Actress Academy Award nomination.
His extra movies included “Illegal Entry” starring Kurt Russell and “Quick Household” starring Glenn Shut. His last movie was 1999’s “Brokedown Palace.”
Kaplan shifted completely into tv at the start of the century and directed episodes of “Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit” and “Brothers & Sisters,” in addition to greater than 50 episode of “ER.”
Along with receiving 5 Emmy nominations, Kaplan was additionally nominated for 2 Golden Bear Awards on the Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition, a Leo Award, and a CableACE Award.
Jonathan Kaplan was born in Paris, France, in 1947. He’s survived by his daughter, Molly.
