Robert O. Kaplan
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Legal
Robert Kaplan is a graduate of Dartmouth College (1963) and the University of California Berkeley Law School (formerly Boalt Hall)(1966). Bob is admitted to the Bar of the State of California. started his career as an entertainment attorney in 1966 and has practiced for over 50 years, first with the preeminent entertainment firm of Kaplan, Livingston, Goodwin, Berkowitz & Selvin and then with his own firm, Stein, Kahan & Kaplan (with Larry Stein and Robert Kahan). Mr. Kaplan was also of counsel to the firm of Kenoff & Machtinger and has practiced on his own for a number of years. Mr. Kaplan's practice has been focused primarily in the area feature film and television production and distribution, film financing, music and intellectual property matters, having represented major studios (Warner Bros.), talent agencies (William Morris), foreign sales agents and numerous production companies and a host of independent producers, directors, writers, actors, rock groups and others.
Bob also served as a senior business affairs executive at Warner Bros. Pictures in London, handling all European motion picture business affairs activities. During his tenure and supervision, Warner Bros. produced such films as "Clockwork Orange" (Stanley Kubrick), "O! Lucky Man" (Lindsey Anderson), and "Day for Night" (Francois Truffaut).
In addition, he has acted as a producer, executive producer or legal counsel on over 25 films, with particular emphasis on financing arrangements in all forms (studio financing, private equity financing, bank lending, etc.) including "Papillon," starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, "Krush Groove," (Warner Bros.) starring Run-DMC, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys and other rap artists, and a number of independent films such as "Night of the Comet," "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (Paramount Classics) starring Clive Owen, "The Pyramid" for Fox, "Chronos Device," directed by Guillermo Del Toro, and "Night Moves," directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Saarsgard and "One More Time," with Christopher Walken and Amber Heard, among others.
In recent years, Mr. Kaplan ceased practicing law and turned his focus to producing or executive producing his own films. In 2013, Mr. Kaplan founded (with 3 others) Rubicon Entertainment, a film development and production company, that raised funds to be used for the development of film and television projects. Rubicon formed co-production arrangements with a number of film and television projects with such other companies and individuals such as Cross Creek Pictures, Good Universe Productions, Brad Pitt's Plan B Productions, Phoenix Pictures, James Franco's production company, Andrew Garfield and others. In 2018, Mr. Kaplan left Rubicon in order to concentrate on developing and producing several specific motion picture and television series properties, including a television mini-series to be produced based on the book and script "Forty Lashes Less One" written by Elmore Leonard.
Bob created and has taught (for over 40 years) the course on the business aspects of film production at the American Film Institute Conservatory. He is also on the Board of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, a group of 8 charter schools serving 3,600 students (K - 12) in central Los Angeles.
Bob also served as a senior business affairs executive at Warner Bros. Pictures in London, handling all European motion picture business affairs activities. During his tenure and supervision, Warner Bros. produced such films as "Clockwork Orange" (Stanley Kubrick), "O! Lucky Man" (Lindsey Anderson), and "Day for Night" (Francois Truffaut).
In addition, he has acted as a producer, executive producer or legal counsel on over 25 films, with particular emphasis on financing arrangements in all forms (studio financing, private equity financing, bank lending, etc.) including "Papillon," starring Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, "Krush Groove," (Warner Bros.) starring Run-DMC, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys and other rap artists, and a number of independent films such as "Night of the Comet," "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" (Paramount Classics) starring Clive Owen, "The Pyramid" for Fox, "Chronos Device," directed by Guillermo Del Toro, and "Night Moves," directed by Kelly Reichardt and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning and Peter Saarsgard and "One More Time," with Christopher Walken and Amber Heard, among others.
In recent years, Mr. Kaplan ceased practicing law and turned his focus to producing or executive producing his own films. In 2013, Mr. Kaplan founded (with 3 others) Rubicon Entertainment, a film development and production company, that raised funds to be used for the development of film and television projects. Rubicon formed co-production arrangements with a number of film and television projects with such other companies and individuals such as Cross Creek Pictures, Good Universe Productions, Brad Pitt's Plan B Productions, Phoenix Pictures, James Franco's production company, Andrew Garfield and others. In 2018, Mr. Kaplan left Rubicon in order to concentrate on developing and producing several specific motion picture and television series properties, including a television mini-series to be produced based on the book and script "Forty Lashes Less One" written by Elmore Leonard.
Bob created and has taught (for over 40 years) the course on the business aspects of film production at the American Film Institute Conservatory. He is also on the Board of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy, a group of 8 charter schools serving 3,600 students (K - 12) in central Los Angeles.
