Deborah Kaplan (born November 11, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director.

Early life

Kaplan was born and raised in Abington,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

, and graduated from

Abington Senior High School Abington Senior High School is a four-year co-educational high school in Abington, Pennsylvania, United States. A part of the Abington School District, the school was a two-year high school known as Abington South Campus from September 1964 u ...

, which served as the setting for the script she wrote for the film, ''

Can't Hardly Wait ''Can't Hardly Wait'' is a 1998 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont. It stars an ensemble cast including Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, an ...

''. Kaplan attended the

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic, and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, as the School of the Arts at New York University, Tisch ...

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

(NYU). While there she met her creative partner

Harry Elfont Harry Elfont (born April 5, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Lower Moreland Township, he met his creative partner Deborah Kaplan while they were both enrolled at the ...

. They have since written several films together, and directed both ''

'' starring

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and

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and ''

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'', which featured

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and

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Personal life

Kaplan married actor

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on October 14, 2001. They have two daughters together. The couple's separation and subsequent divorce was announced in 2012.

Filmography as screenwriter (with
Harry Elfont Harry Elfont (born April 5, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Lower Moreland Township, he met his creative partner Deborah Kaplan while they were both enrolled at the ...
)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaplan, Deborah Screenwriters from Pennsylvania American women film directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Tisch School of the Arts alumni People from Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania American women screenwriters Film directors from Pennsylvania 1970 births 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American women writers Jewish American film people

Early life

Personal life

Filmography as screenwriter (with Harry Elfont Harry Elfont (born April 5, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Lower Moreland Township, he met his creative partner Deborah Kaplan while they were both enrolled at the ...)

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Filmography as screenwriter (with
Harry Elfont Harry Elfont (born April 5, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in nearby Lower Moreland Township, he met his creative partner Deborah Kaplan while they were both enrolled at the ...
)