Richard Kaplan Productions

Richard Kaplan Productions

DOCUMENTING THE WORLD
Films made on location around the world.

1985         CHINA JOURNAL     Producer/Writer/Director
An intimate account of a fascinating experiment in intercultural relations;                                                 the story of the 1985 U.S. – China Friendship Camp within the larger context of U.S.-China                 relations.
                1st Prize, Birmingham International Film Festival
                American Film Festival

1968        INDIA SERIES          Producer/Writer/Director
               Three films made about  daily life in the sub-continent.

               IN INDIA THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST
               Chris Award, Columbus Film Festival.
               LOST WAX


1967        INDIA: CRAFTS AND THE CRAFTSMAN
               Cine Golden Eagle, American Film Festival

1966        CONTEMPORARY SCANDINAVIA
               Denmark, Norway and Sweden in the latter half of the 20th century

1957 - 60  SCANDINAVIA
                INDEPENDENT TV NEWS, Correspondent/Cameraman.
                TELENEWS, Correspondent/Cameraman.
                FOX-MOVIETONE NEWS, Correspondent/Cameraman.
                PANORAMA (BBC), Field Producer.

1956        YOU ASKED FOR IT, Director/Field Producer for Europe
               Viewer requests to show both traditional sites and cultural oddities.

1954        SITA TOUR – Europe, North Africa        Producer, Camerman
               An account of a seven country tour of Western Europe and North Africa by a group of American               college students traveling under the auspices of the Student International Travel Association.

1953        REPORT ON SAN FELIPE     Producer, Writer, Director
              The film documents an isolated Mexican village whose principal activity is shrimp fishing.     

              11th HOUR NEWS – NBC           Editor
              CAMEL CARAVAN – NBC NETWORK NEWS   Editor, Writer

              OTHER PRODUCTION (in London)

1956       FORBIDDEN CITY    Editor
              Documentary footage shot by a visiting English artist of  life in mainland China. The first film                  about the Chinese Republic to be seen by Western audiences. Musical score by the Peking             Opera.
 
1955        DEATH OVER MY SHOULDER   Production Manager
               Dramatic feature starring Keith Braselle.