Steven G. Kaplan

{{short description|American film producer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|23}}

| birth_place = San Marino, California

| yearsactive = 2002-present

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| spouse = Kimberly Daniel Kaplan
1984-2012

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Steven G. Kaplan (born February 23, 1962) is an American film and television producer, the co-founder of the film production company Rainstorm Entertainment.

Career

Kaplan co-founded Rainstorm Entertainment along with Gregg Daniel. Rainstorm Entertainment was confirmed in November 2003 to produce and finance the documentary film Fuck, with production scheduled to begin in January 2004.{{cite news|title=Rainstorm swears by doc|work=Variety|date=November 10, 2003|page=27|first=Dana|last=Harris}} The film was completed in 2005 by film director Steve Anderson's film company Mudflap Films; it was executive produced by Steven Kaplan and Gregg Daniel,{{cite news|title=Launchpad's taking off|work=Variety|date=October 19, 2005|first=Ian|last=Mohr|page=3; Section: News|publisher=Reed Elsevier Inc.|location=New York}} along with Bruce Leiserowitz, Jory Weitz and Richard Ardi.{{cite news|first=Ian|last=Mohr|title=Think takes daring docu|date=March 27, 2006|page=2; Section: News|work=Variety|publisher=Reed Elsevier Inc.|location=New York}}

Filmography

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scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Position

! scope="col" | Director

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope="row" | Terror Tract

| 2000

| Executive producer

| Lance W. Dreesen and Clint Hutchison

|

scope="row" | The Big Empty

| 2003

| Producer

| Steve Anderson

| Steve Anderson made his directorial debut in 2003 with this film starring Daryl Hannah and Jon Favreau.{{cite news|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20070105/LIVING0107/701050364/-Naughty-word-intrigues-Pittsford-grad|accessdate=April 25, 2013|title='Naughty word' intrigues Pittsford grad|date=January 4, 2007|first=Jack|last=Garner|work=Democrat and Chronicle|location=Rochester, New York|publisher=Gannett Company}}{{cite news|work=The Globe and Mail|location=Canada|date=December 1, 2006|title=Four Letters, Two Stars|first=Jennie|last= Punter|page=R17; Section: The Globe Review 7; film|publisher=CTVglobemedia Publishing Inc.}}

scope="row" | Fuck

| 2005

| Executive producer

| Steve Anderson

| The movie was shown for the first time on November 7, 2005 at the AFI Film Festival.{{cite news|url=http://www.afi.com/afifest/2005/daily/5b.aspx|accessdate=April 17, 2013|title=Director Steve Anderson Examines a Loaded Word|date=November 7, 2005|first=Peter|last=Martin|work=Live From the Fest: Daily News|publisher=American Film Institute}} The 2005 AFI Film Festival was held at the ArcLight Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California.{{cite news|url=http://www.afi.com/afifest/2005/daily/1a.aspx|accessdate=April 20, 2013|title=Walk the Line Opening Night Gala Kicks Off AFI FEST 2005|work=Life from the Fest: Daily News|first=Brent|last=Simon|publisher=American Film Institute|date=November 3, 2005}}

scope="row" | Big Bad Wolf

| 2006

| Executive producer

| Lance W. Dreesen

| Winner, Silver Award, Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Film, (WorldFest Houston){{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

scope="row" | Red White Black and Blue

| 2006

| Executive producer

| Tom Putnam

| Winner, Special Jury Prize, Best Score (BendFilm Festival){{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

scope="row" | Lost Colony: The Legend of Roanoke
(also known as Wraiths of Roanoke)

| 2007

| Executive producer

| Matt Codd

|Television movie starring actor Adrian Paul{{cite news|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/wraiths-of-roanoke/290937|title=Wraiths of Roanoke|work=TV Guide|date=2013|accessdate=May 3, 2013|publisher=www.tvguide.com}}{{cite news|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-lost-colony-v432480|accessdate=May 3, 2013|date=2013|title=The Lost Colony (2007)|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corp}}

scope="row" | I Am An Island

| 2008

| Executive producer

| Jennifer DeLia

| Short film

scope="row" | John Henry: A Steel Driving Horse

|2010

|Executive producer

| Cameron Duddy and Chris Koby

|Documentary film about a Thoroughbred racehorse.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/duddy-koby-side-up-to-john-henry-1117961021/|work=Variety|title=Duddy, Koby side up to John Henry|accessdate=May 3, 2013|first=Pamela|last=McClintock|date=March 12, 2007}}

scope="row" | Billy Bates

| 2011

| Executive producer

| Jennifer DeLia

| Feature film about a "tormented artist"; made with assistance of Julie Pacino, daughter of actor Al Pacino.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

scope="row" | Sunset Strip

| 2012

| Executive producer

| Hans Fjellestad

| Documentary film about the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California; the film was screened at the South by Southwest film festival.{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sunset-strip-sxsw-review-hans-fjellestad-306040|work=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Sunset Strip: SXSW Review - The Hollywood Reporter|first=John|last=DeFore|date=March 30, 2012|accessdate=May 3, 2013}}

scope="row" | State of Control
(also known as Tibet in Ruins)

| 2013

| Producer

| Christian Johnston and Darren Mann

| Documentary film about Tibet; according to The Washington Post, filmmakers had to deal with cyberwarfare against their computers during production.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/tibet-taboo-leads-to-cyber-assaults/2013/03/28/a6b8a0c2-8cae-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401093749/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-28/world/38097480_1_tibetan-region-chinese-beijing-olympics|url-status=live|archive-date=April 1, 2013|access-date=May 3, 2013|title=Tibet taboo leads to cyberattacks on film crew|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Ellen|last=Nakashima|date=March 28, 2013}}

scope="row" | Its So Easy and Other Lies

| 2013

| Producer

| Christopher Duddy

|Documentary film about biography of Duff McKagan, bass player for music group Guns N' Roses.{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

scope="row" | Blunt Force

| 2013

| Executive producer

| Daniel Zirilli

scope="row" | Sunny

| 2013

| Producer

| Michael Oblowitz

|Documentary film about biography of Sunny Garcia, surfer

scope="row" | Black Beauty

| 2014

| Executive Producer

| Daniel Zirilli

|Feature family film about a girl, her amazing horse and her relationship with her dad

scope="row" | Isolation

| 2015

| Executive Producer

| Shane Dax Taylor

|Feature action film starring Dominic Purcell and Stephen Lang

Arrest

On March 31, 2017, Kaplan allegedly threatened to kill another tenant in the pool area of a Hollywood apartment building, pointing what appeared to be a rifle and threatening pedestrians on the street below. Police took him into custody the next day, after a six-hour standoff. His weapon was determined to be a pellet rifle.{{Cite web|url=https://ktla.com/2017/04/04/former-attorney-charged-with-threatening-people-with-replica-rifle-in-hollywood-apartment/|title=Former Attorney Charged on Suspicion of Threatening People With Replica Rifle in Hollywood Apartment|date=2017-04-05|website=KTLA|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19}} In November 2018, Kaplan pleaded no contest to two felony counts of criminal threats. Under the plea deal, he received a suspended prison sentence of three years, four years probation, and was required to undergo drug testing and attend anger management classes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.canyon-news.com/former-attorney-pleads-to-making-threats-with-pellet-rifle/85127|title=Former Attorney Pleads To Making Threats With Pellet Rifle|last=Casey|date=2018-11-08|website=Canyon News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-19}}

References

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