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Jonathan Trumbull Taplin (born July 18, 1947) is an American writer, film producer and scholar. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and has lived in Los Angeles since 1973. Taplin graduated from Princeton University in 1969 and is the Director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Taplin is Chairman of the Board of the Americana Music Foundation.
Taplin's early production work included producing concerts for Bob Dylan and The Band. In 1973, he produced Martin Scorsese's first major feature film, Mean Streets, which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival. Between 1974 and 1996, Taplin produced 26 hours of television documentaries (including The Prize and Cadillac Desert for the Public Broadcasting Service) and 12 feature films including The Last Waltz, Until the End of the World, Under Fire and To Die For. His films were nominated for Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards and chosen for the Cannes Film Festival six times.
Filmography
all 21
Movies 21
Producer 19
self 2
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)
To Die For (1995)
Rough Magic (1995)
K2 (1991)
Until the End of the World (1991)
My Science Project (1985)
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Hansel and Gretel (1983)
Under Fire (1983)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1983)
Sleeping Beauty (1983)
Rapunzel (1983)
Rumpelstiltskin (1982)
The Tale of the Frog Prince (1982)
Carny (1980)
The Last Waltz (1978)
The Dion Brothers (1974)
Mean Streets (1973)
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GenderMale
Birthday1947-07-18 (76 years old)
Birth PlaceCleveland, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
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