Loren Paul Caplin

Born in Colorado. Screenwriter, director, playwright. Feature Film: The Lucky Ones (Writer/Director), Tribeca Film Festival (2003); History of the World in 8 Minutes (Writer/Director), New Directors/New Films Festival, MOMA, NYC (1998); Lost Angels (Original Story), Orion Pictures; Battle in the Erogenous Zone, (Co-Wrote and Co-Produced) Showtime; The Forbidden Zone (Music Producer), Samuel Goldwyn; Also written film scripts for: Paramount, Columbia, TriStar and numerous independents. Theater: The Presidents (Co-Playwright with Ron Nessen), PBS, U.S. National Tour (2002-2003); Sunday's Child and Men in the Kitchen (playwright), Long Wharf Theater, CT; A Subject of Childhood (playwright), W.P.A. Theater, NYC; City Muzik (Book, Music, Lyrics) Huntington Theater, Boston; Gangs (Book, Music, Lyrics), produced by David Merrick and Joe Roth. Numerous poems published including in The Paris Review and Rolling Stone. Mr. Caplin teaches screenwriting at Columbia University, The Tisch Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU and The New School. He lives in NYC with his wife, a painter, Jenne van Eeghen. I blog about religion for the Huffington Post. www.Huffingtonpost.com/lorenpaul-caplin/. www.lorenpaulcaplin.com