Mark Allan Kaplan

At the age of 16, Mark Allan Kaplan entered the world of filmmaking with

PROGRESS (1974), an award winning experimental short film. While attending

USC film school Mark wrote and directed two more award winning short films,

GUN (1980) and THE TREE (1981). After graduating from USC, Mark studied

directing at AFI (class of 81), where he wrote and directed the

internationally acclaimed VOICE IN EXILE (1985). For the next several years

he went on to work as a director, writer, producer, and editor in

documentary and dramatic film and television, continuing to develop his

craft and receive accolades for his work. In 1992, he was accepted into the

Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, California where he has

been deepening his understanding of the human heart, mind and spirit, and

researching and developing transformative approaches to media.