Betty Kaplan

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Betty Kaplan is a Venezuelan-American film and television director born in New York City and raised in

and many Audience Awards for her work. Often Kaplan writes, directs and produces her own film projects.

Biography

Kaplan was born in New York to a Mexican mother and a Venezuelan father.^[1] Kaplan was raised in Venezuela and lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[2]

Work

Kaplan is also known as a prolific television director. Her television directorial work includes “One Hot Summer” starring

, directing the episode "Legacy” during season 7 (2008), which was the highest rated Law & Order Criminal Intent episode, with the ratings at 4.06 local and 3.8 National numbers; and an episode titled "The Journey" for the police drama series The Division during season 2 (2002) for the Lifetime Television network. This was the highest rated Original Series episode at 3.6 National numbers.

Kaplan gained prominence early in her directing career in 1983 with "Bolívar", an entire mini-series for television that Kaplan wrote and directed. "Bolívar" was financed by Venezuelan state television, dramatizing the

of Venezuela.

In Of Love and Shadows, an adaptation of a Chilean novelist Isabel Allende book, Kaplan gave Spanish actor Antonio Banderas his first English-language movie role; introducing Banderas to Hollywood. Jennifer Connelly was the lead in this film, convincing Latin Americans that she was truly from an upper-class Chilean background. Stefania Sandrelli (The Conformist) was also a lead in the film.

"El Numero Uno" is Kaplan's current film project is in pre-production. It will depict Venezuela's Johnny Carson, Renny Ottolina, its top media personality and national hero. Media moguls and politicians felt threatened by Ottolina's growing popularity forcing him out television, however he came back much stronger on radio. Venezuelans tired of corruption were looking for a political savior and Renny Ottolina decided to run for president to fill the need. Three months before the presidential elections, Ottolina was killed in a suspicious airplane accident. Kaplan had been a dancer in Ottolina's popular weekly television show and knew him personally.

Kaplan has also produced Spanish language music videos for Latino performers such as Mexican Pablo Montero and Argentine Raul DiBlasio. Yet her most legendary might be "La Papa sin Catsup" in 2003 that she produced for Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera. Currently she is working on over a dozen screenplays in various genres that are with major production companies for consideration.

Kaplan has also directed several television commercials, directed theater in Los Angeles. As Co-Chair of the

(2010).

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2021	Simone	Director
Pre-production	In Love, in Death	Director
Pre-production	In Search of Ingrid	Director, screenwriter
2006	Almost a Woman (TV movie)	Director
1998	Doña Bárbara	Director, screenwriter
1994	Of Love and Shadows	Director, producer, screenwriter
1985	The Middlemen (short)	Director
1981	Neurosis on Wheels (short)	Director, screenwriter
1981	El violinista (short)	Director, producer

Television projects

Year	Title	Role
2009	One Hot Summer (TV movie)	Director
2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series), episode: Legacy	Director
2006	Almost a Woman (TV movie)	Director
2002	The Division (TV series), episode: Journey	Director
1983	Bolívar (TV mini-series)	Director, writer

References

External links

• Betty Kaplan at Internet Movie Database: [1]
• Official Betty Kaplan Website: [2]