Betty Kaplan

    "DOÑA BARBARA" (writer/director) - feature based on Romulo Gailego's novel of the same name.

    "WATERMELONS" (writer/director) - feature based on the Frida Kahlo / Diego Rivera love story (being financed)

    "OF LOVE AND SHADOWS" (director, co-writer) - feature film based on Isabel Allende's novel, starring Antonio Banderas - complete May 1994

    "SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION" (writer)

    "BEATING THE SYSTEM" (co-writer) - feature film

    "THE QUARTERED MAN" (co-writer) - feature film
    "BOLIVAR" (co-writer / director) - 9 hour Mini Series on the life of South America's liberator, Simon Bolivar. A four country Co-Production. Shot in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia. Aired in 1992.

    "CAMINOS QUE ANDAN" (co-writer / director) - series of BBC-like docu-dramas on the life and work of Latin American writers. Shot in France, Spain, Venezuela, Peru, England and Nicaragua.

    Inaugural color special for Venezuelan National Television (co-writer / director)

    "GANE, PERDIENDO" (writer/dirctor) - special for Hispanic Television - Los Angeles

    "COMPADRE QUE ESTA PASANDO?" (producer/writer/director) - short film

    "NEUROSIS ON WHEELS" (producer/writer/director) - short film

    "THE VIOLINIST" (co-writer/director) - short film - aired on PBS

    "THE MIDDLEMEN" (co-writer/director) - short film

    MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR
    "QUE VOY HACER SIN TI" - Pablo Montero

    "MATAME" - Naomi Delgado

    DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR, WRITER
    "DEBRA WHEBE" - pioneer series for the City of Los Angeles

    "CHILD CARE" - City of Caracas

    "VIAJANDO CON POLAR" - series on Venezuela, people and places for theatrical dist.

    COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
    Rosarita Refried Beans, Banco De Los Trabajadores, Banco Union, Presidential Campaign,
    Ron Pampero, Polar Beer, Pan American Airlines, Mary Quant.

    JOURNALIST
    Stringer for CBS. Columnist - Elite/Paginas (Venezuela), Free Lance - Elle Magazine
    (London), LA Opinion (Los Angeles)

    THEATER DIRECTOR
    "Golpes A Mi Puerta" Bilingual Foundation - Los Angeles
    "The Pitch" Tiffany Theater - Los Angeles

    CHOREOGRAPHER
    for Trio "Los Antonettes" extensive nightclub work - South America and the Catskills
    Musicals and Television - Venezuela

    AWARDS
    The Latino Film Festival - New York Special Award, Extensive Body of Work '88
    Mara Award Mini Series, 1983
    Mara Award for Best Cultural Series, 1982
    Best Short Film Award, 1981 - Venezuela
    Best Short Film Award, 1974 - Venezuela
    Audience Award, 1994 - Sao Paulo Film Festival
    Audience Award, 1994 - Habana Film Festival

    EDUCATION
    American Film Institute - Directing
    BBC TV Production - TV Production and Directing
    New York University - Film Production
    Catholic University Andres Bello - Communication Art
    NY Center for Stanislavsky Theater Art (Sonja Moore) - Acting
    Nina Novak (Ballet Russe De Montecarlo) - Ballet
    Jaime Rogers - Jazz