Jonah Kaplan

Movies

Zombeavers
Music Editor
College friends find their weekend of sex and debauchery ruined when deadly zombie beavers swarm their riverside cabin.
The VICE Guide to North Korea
Writer
Getting into North Korea was one of the hardest and weirdest processes VBS has ever dealt with. They finally said, “OK, OK, you can come. But only as tourists.” At the airport, the North Korean consulate brought us to a restaurant and these women came out and started singing North Korean nationalist songs. We were thinking, “Look, we were just on a plane for 20 hours. Can we just go to bed?” but this guy with our group who was from the LA Times told us, “Everyone in here besides us is secret police. If you don’t act excited then you’re not going to get your visa. So we got drunk and jumped up onstage and sang songs with the girls. The next day we got our visas. A lot of people we had gone with didn’t get theirs. That was our first hint at just what a freaky, freaky trip we were embarking on…
Discovering William Greaves
Editor
A documentary on the career of William Greaves, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair Bourne, and film scholar Scott MacDonald. Released within Criterion's Symbiopsychotaxiplasm set.
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences
Editor
Seven Samurai: Origins and Influences, a documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece
Path of Darkness: Making 'Silent Hill'
Editor
6 part behind the scenes feature on making 'Silent Hill'.
From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door'
Editor
A short documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's debut feature.
Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
Editor
A documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's After Hours.
Fort Doom
Editor
1867. The Civil War is over but in the untamed West, old feuds still burn - and old evils still live. When beautiful madam Lacy Everett decides to pack up her establishment and move it deeper West, she heads for untamed territory and the infamous Fort Doom. But the girls find themselves stranded miles away from their destination, as no traveler dares approach the deadly fort, rumored to be terrorized by a gruesome killer. Determined to set up shop, Lacy and her crew take over the Fort. But the killer is no legend - and he will take what is his...
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: Second Chances
Editor
A documentary about the making of Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Editor
Documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's story of a man willing to go to any length for a shot at fame.
A Shot at the Top: The Making of 'The King of Comedy'
Writer
Documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's story of a man willing to go to any length for a shot at fame.
Revisiting 'The Last Waltz'
Editor
Documentary about the making of Martin Scorsese's film of the Band's 1976 farewell concert.
Stalker Guilt Syndrome
Producer
A new form of urban angst rules this neurotic comedy about an inadvertent battle of wills between the sexes. The action begins on the subway, when Marc determines that the woman across from him likes his goods. The tension escalates as they both exit at the same stop and their progress continues side-by-side. His fantasy turns to terror as he realizes that she must think he's stalking her! Is he? Can he convince her otherwise?
Stalker Guilt Syndrome
Director
A new form of urban angst rules this neurotic comedy about an inadvertent battle of wills between the sexes. The action begins on the subway, when Marc determines that the woman across from him likes his goods. The tension escalates as they both exit at the same stop and their progress continues side-by-side. His fantasy turns to terror as he realizes that she must think he's stalking her! Is he? Can he convince her otherwise?
How Harry Met Sally…
Editor
Documentary about "When Harry Met Sally" featuring director Rob Reiner, screenwriter Nora Ephron, stars Billy Crystal and Carrie Fisher and composer Marc Shaiman.
Airboss
Production Manager
When a shipment of plutonium has been stolen by a former Soviet kingpin, with the rumored sale of it to Middle Eastern terrorists intent on making a nuclear bomb, a combined special forces unit is assembled by the U.S. military to recover the contraband and save the planet. But the elite task force -- made up of FBI agents Bill Murphy (Jerry Kokich) and Morgan Daniels (Caroline Strong) and military hotshots Webb Buckley (J. Christian Ingvordsen) and Bone Conn (Kayle Watson) -- is made up of conflicting personalities with conflicting methods of operation. When one of the team is killed, the call goes out for Top Gun Frank White (Frank Zagarino) to save the day -- and the world.