Mark Allan Kaplan
- Writer
- Editor
- Director
Mark Allan Kaplan is an internationally acclaimed award-winning
filmmaker, and a transformational media arts consultant, educator, and
researcher. His creative works have been shown on cable television, in
theaters, schools, and colleges, and at film expositions around the
world. Mark has worked as a producer, director, writer, and editor on
industrial, educational, short subject, and feature films and videos.
He personally studied with Robert Wise (director of "The Sound of
Music" and editor of "Citizen Kane"), King Vidor (director of "Our
Daily Bread" and "War and Peace"), Daniel Petrie (director of "A Raisin
in the Sun" and "Resurrection"), Lester Novros (filmic expression,
animation, special effects, and large-format film pioneer), and Robert
Boyle (production designer for Alfred Hitchcock). Mark has a B.A. in
Motion Picture Production from the University of Southern California
School of Cinema and Television; an M.F.A. in Motion Picture Directing
from the American Film Institute; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in
Transpersonal Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology.