DAVID KAPLAN is a writer/director from New York City.

His latest film is PLAY, a collaboration with game designer Eric Zimmerman. PLAY was commissioned by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) for their ongoing series FutureStates.

Kaplan's first feature film YEAR OF THE FISH premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2008.  YEAR OF THE FISH won "Best Film" at the 2007 Avignon Film Festival, "Best Film" at the 2007 Asheville Film Festival, the Audience Award at the 2007 Independent Film Festival of Boston, and was nominated for the Piaget Producers Award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards.

His second feature film, TODAY'S SPECIAL, is a comedy set in Jackson Heights, Queens, starring Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show), Madhur Jaffrey (Shakespeare-Wallah) and legendary Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah (Monsoon Wedding).

Kaplan has made several short films, including LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD starring Christina Ricci and Quentin Crisp, which premiered at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, was shown in theaters and on television throughout the world, and has been taught as part of the curriculum at Harvard, Oxford, and Columbia Universities. His other award-winning shorts include LITTLE SUCK-A-THUMB, THE FROG KING (1995 Sundance Film Festival), and LOVEDEATH, commissioned for Lincoln Center’s 2003 New York Video Festival.

Kaplan lectured at Scripps College in Claremont, CA on "Fairy Tales into Film." He has been a lecturer or guest speaker at Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, Marymount Manhattan College and the Tampere School of Art and Media, Finland.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:

PLAY (2010) - 18 min - director, co-writer with Eric Zimmerman.

Today's Special (2009) - 99 min - director.

Year of the Fish (2007) - 96 min - writer/director.

LoveDeath (2003) - 4 min - co-writer/co-director with Dan Torop & Paul Marino.

What is the City? (2002) - 15 min - co-director.

Little Red Riding Hood (1997) - 12 min - writer/director.

The Frog King (1994) - 9 min - writer/director.

Little Suck-a-Thumb (1992) - 9 min -writer/director.