Deborah Kaplan (born November 11, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director. Early life Deborah Kaplan was born and raised in Abington, Pennsylvania. Born to Susan Kaplan. She went to Abington Senior High School, which is the school her movie Can’t Hardly Wait is based on. Kaplan attended the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University (NYU). While there she met her creative partner Harry Elfont. They have since written several films together, and directed both Can't Hardly Wait starring Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry and Seth Green and Josie and the Pussycats, which featured Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson and Alan Cumming. Personal life Kaplan married actor Breckin Meyer on October 14, 2001. They have two daughters together. The couple's separation and subsequent divorce was announced in 2012. Filmography as screenwriter (with Harry Elfont) References External links Screenwriters from Pennsylvania American women film directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Tisch School of the Arts alumni People from Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania American women screenwriters Film directors from Pennsylvania 1970 births 20th-century American screenwriters 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American women writers