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Jo Ann Kaplan(1945-2016)

  • Editor
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VASLAV works for a multinational corporation as a minor accountant; he hates his work and has a secret ambition to be a dancer - but his job forbids contact with artistic organisations. He finds BIRD, an exotic hybrid woman who teaches dance to a bizarre community and has a pet wolf. FRAME the corporate surveillance man and DOG the security guard follow Vaslav to the studio and film him dancing; they show the evidence to KASH the company boss who confronts Vaslav. Bird flies in....and somehow, with the help of wolf, the world is changed...
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The Life Class
Jo Ann Kaplan was born in 1945 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an editor and director, known for The Zip (1989), The Story of I (1997) and OneTwoThree (2010). She died in May 2016 in the UK.
Born1945
DiedMay 2016
Born1945
DiedMay 2016
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Known for

Denis Lawson in The Zip (1989)
The Zip
7.7
Short
  • Director
  • 1989
The Story of I
5.8
Short
  • Editor
  • 1997
OneTwoThree
8.7
Short
  • Editor
  • 2010
Invocation: Maya Deren (1987)
Invocation: Maya Deren
6.2
  • Director(as Joann Kaplan)
  • 1987

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Editor

  • Through the Hawthorn (2014)
    Through the Hawthorn
    6.1
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2014
  • OneTwoThree
    8.7
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2010
  • The Life Class
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2008
  • The Old Fools (2002)
    The Old Fools
    5.8
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2002
  • Diana Payne-Myers in Dancing Under the Dust Cover (2001)
    Dancing Under the Dust Cover
    4.2
    TV Short
    • Editor
    • 2001
  • Five Steps to Tyranny
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 2001
  • Pleasures of War (2000)
    Pleasures of War
    6.9
    Short
    • Editor
    • 2000
  • Close Up (1998)
    Close Up
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1999
  • The Story of I
    5.8
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1997
  • A Night with Handel (1997)
    A Night with Handel
    8.4
    TV Special
    • Editor
    • 1997
  • Omnibus (1967)
    Omnibus
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1997
  • Gotta Get Out (1995)
    Gotta Get Out
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1995
  • Those British Faces
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1993
  • Weak and Wild Astray
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1992
  • Miss Queencake (1991)
    Miss Queencake
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1991

Director

  • OneTwoThree
    8.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Watching Paint Dry
    Short
    • Director
    • 2010
  • An Anatomy of Melancholy (2000)
    An Anatomy of Melancholy
    Short
    • Director
    • 2000
  • The Story of I
    5.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Denis Lawson in The Zip (1989)
    The Zip
    7.7
    Short
    • Director
    • 1989
  • Invocation: Maya Deren (1987)
    Invocation: Maya Deren
    6.2
    • Director (as Joann Kaplan)
    • 1987

Actress

  • My Stuffed Granny (2014)
    My Stuffed Granny
    7.2
    Short
    • Granny (voice)
    • 2014
  • Face of an Angel
    Short
    • Minnie
    • 2008
  • The Story of I
    5.8
    Short
    • 1997

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The Life Class
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The Life Class

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Joann Kaplan
  • Born
    • 1945
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 2016
    • UK

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    Painter, film maker and film studies teacher at universities and film schools.

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