æz kˈoʊtʃˈɛɹ ʌvðə dᵻɹˈɛktɚz ɡˈɪld ʌv ɐmˈɛɹɪkə lætˈiːnoʊ kəmˈɪɾi, kˈæplən ˈɔːɹɡənˌaɪzᵻz kˈiː ᵻvˈɛnts, ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ðə skɹˈiːnɪŋ ʌv ɡˈɪlɚmˌoʊ dˈɛl tˈoːɹoʊz hˈɛlbɔɪ ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː: ðə ɡˈoʊldən ˈɑːɹmi tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪt; mˈaɪkəl dʒˈæksənz ðɪs ɪz ɪt tˈuː θˈaʊzənd nˈaɪn, ɐ dˌɑːkjuːmˈɛntɚɹikˈɑːnsɚt fˈɪlm ɐbˌaʊt sˈɪŋɚ mˈaɪkəl dʒˈæksən, dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd baɪ kˈɛni ˈɔːɹɾɛɡə; ænd ðə kjˈuː ænd ɐ ʌv ɹˈɑːdɹɪɡˌoʊ ɡɑːɹsˈiːɐz mˈʌðɚ ænd tʃˈaɪld tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn.
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).