felt threatened by Ottolina's growing popularity forcing him out television, however he came back much stronger on radio. Venezuelans tired of corruption were looking for a political savior and Renny Ottolina decided to run for president to fill the need. Three months before the presidential elections, Ottolina was killed in a suspicious airplane accident. Kaplan had been a dancer in Ottolina's popular weekly television show and knew him personally. Kaplan has also produced Spanish language music videos for Latino performers such as Mexican Pablo Montero and Argentine Raul DiBlasio. Yet her most legendary might be "La Papa sin Catsup" in 2003 that she produced for Mexican American singer Jenni Rivera. Currently she is working on over a dozen screenplays in various genres that are with major production companies for consideration. Kaplan has also directed several television commercials, directed theater in Los Angeles. As Co-Chair of the Directors Guild of America Latino Committee, Kaplan organizes key events, including the screening of Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008); Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009), a documentary-concert film about singer Michael Jackson, directed by Kenny Ortega; and the Q&A of Rodrigo Garcia's Mother and Child (2010). Filmography Television projects References External links Betty Kaplan at Internet Movie Database: Official Betty Kaplan Website: American women film directors American women television directors American television directors American women film producers American film producers Venezuelan women film directors Venezuelan television directors Venezuelan women screenwriters American women screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American film directors American people of Mexican descent 21st-century American women