Biography
Parisian-born American film director Jonathan Kaplan may have held degrees from the University of Chicago and New York University, but he gained his hands-on education at the
Roger Corman School of Makin' 'Em Cheap. Kaplan apprenticed at Corman's New World Pictures, making his directorial bow with the energetic if parsimonious
Student Nurses (1971). After a few more low-budgeters, Kaplan was allowed to spend a little more time and money on
White Line Fever (1975), then enjoyed his most lavish budget to date on Mr. Billion (1976), a lighthearted and empty-headed caper film starring
Terence Hill,
Valerie Perrine and
Jackie Gleason. Kaplan made Hollywood's A-list with
The Accused (1988), a fact-based account of a rape victim's quest for justice which featured
Jodie Foster in her first Academy Award-winning role. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide