Deborah Kaplan (born November 11, 1970)
is an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
and
film director
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.
Early life
Deborah Kaplan was born and raised in
Abington,
Pennsylvania
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.
Born to Susan Kaplan. She went to Abington Senior High School, which is the school her movie ''Can’t Hardly Wait'' is based on.
Kaplan attended the
Tisch School of the Arts of
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
(NYU). While there she met her creative partner
Harry Elfont. They have since written several films together, and directed both ''
Can't Hardly Wait'' starring
Jennifer Love Hewitt
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,
Ethan Embry
Ethan Embry (born June 13, 1978) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Mark in ''Empire Records'', Preston in ''Can't Hardly Wait'', The Bass Player in ''That Thing You Do!'', and as Bobby Ray in ''Sweet Home Ala ...
and
Seth Green
Seth Benjamin Green ( ''né'' Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, producer, and writer. Green's film debut came with a role in the comedy-drama film ''The Hotel New Hampshire'' (1984), and he went on to have supporting ...
and ''
Josie and the Pussycats
Josie and the Pussycats (sometimes simply known as The Pussycats) are a fictional girl group rock band created by Dan DeCarlo.
Appearances
They have been featured in a number of different media since the 1960s:
* ''Josie and the Pussycats'' (comic ...
'', which featured
Rachael Leigh Cook,
Tara Reid,
Rosario Dawson
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and
Alan Cumming
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.
Personal life
Kaplan married actor
Breckin Meyer on October 14, 2001. They have two daughters together. The couple's separation and subsequent divorce was announced in 2012.
Filmography as screenwriter (with Harry Elfont)
References
External links
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Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
American women film directors
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
People from Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
American women screenwriters
Film directors from Pennsylvania
1970 births
20th-century American screenwriters
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American women writers
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