Bruce Eric Kaplan

Bruce Eric Kaplan

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdaySep 9, 1964
BiographyBruce Eric Kaplan (born 1964 or 1965) is an American cartoonist whose single-panel cartoons frequently appear in The New Yorker. His cartoons are known for their signature simple style and often dark humor. Kaplan is also a screenwriter and has worked on Seinfeld and on Six Feet Under. Kaplan wove his New Yorker cartooning into Seinfeld with the episode, "The Cartoon." He graduated from Wesleyan University and studied there with Professor Jeanine Basinger.

Kaplan joined the crew of Six Feet Under during the first season in 2001, as a supervising producer. He scripted two episodes of the first season, "The Foot" and "The New Person." He was promoted to co-executive producer for the second season in 2002 and wrote another two episodes, "The Invisible Woman" and "The Secret." He remained a co-executive producer for the third season, in 2003, and wrote an episode entitled "The Trap". He was promoted to executive producer for the fourth season, in 2004, and wrote another episode, "The Dare." He served as executive producer during the fifth and final season and wrote his last episode "The Silence." Kaplan wrote seven episodes for the series. In 2012, he became a co-executive producer on, and wrote for, the HBO series Girls.

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No Good Deed
To Be Determined

No Good Deed

as Co-Executive Producer
Too Much
To Be Determined

Too Much

as Executive Producer
Girls
Ended

Girls

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Mr. Corman
Ended

Mr. Corman

as Executive Producer
Six Feet Under
Ended

Six Feet Under

as Executive Producer

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