Jonathan Kaplan

ABOUT JONATHAN KAPLAN

Director of the 1998 film The Accused, which was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.

His career began as a child actor in a Broadway production of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

His 1979 film Over the Edge was not commercially successful upon release but became a cult classic and was acknowledged by many as one of his best films.

His father was film composer Sol Kaplan and his mother was actress Frances Heflin .

His film The Accused earned Jodie Foster her first Academy Award for Best Actress.