Career
Kaplan has made several short films, including Little Red Riding Hood (1997) starring Christina Ricci and Quentin Crisp. His other short films include Little Suck-a-Thumb, The Frog King (1995 Sundance Film Festival), and LoveDeath, commissioned for Lincoln Center’s 2003 New York Video Festival. His second feature film is Today"s Special (2009), a comedy set in an Indian restaurant in Jackson Heights, Queens, starring Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show), Madhur Jaffrey (Shakespeare-Wallah) and legendary Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah (Monsoon Wedding).
