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Jonathan Kaufer is a Director and Scriptwriter American born on 14 march 1955 at Los Angeles (USA)

Jonathan Kaufer

Jonathan Kaufer
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Birth name Jonathan David Kaufer
Nationality USA
Birth 14 march 1955 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 2 october 2013 (at 58 years)

Jonathan David Kaufer (March 14, 1955 – October 2, 2013) was an American film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. Kaufer received his first job while in his late teens as a writer for the sitcom Mork & Mindy. Filmmaker Howard Zieff later hired Kaufer to do rewrites for his films, and his work on the 1979 film The Main Event led to a development deal enabling him to direct his first film, the romantic comedy Soup for One. At the time, he was the youngest director hired by a major studio.

Kaufer did not make another film for seventeen years, however, he had acting roles in two films and wrote and directed an episode of the television series Dream On. In 1997, his second and final film, Bad Manners, was released. The film, based on a play by David Gilman, received positive reviews, holding an 84% approval rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes.

Kaufer dated model and actress Myra Jean Hall. After he became angry when he learned that she had been in a relationship with another man, he attacked her and was jailed for attempted murder. He was married to actress Pia Zadora from August 1995 to November 2001, and the two had one son together. In 2010, Kaufer sued Zadora, due to claims that Zadora had made which Kaufer alleged were defamation; however, the case was thrown out. Kaufer died on October 2, 2013 when he was ejected from a vehicle while driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.

Biography

Kaufer was married to American actress Pia Zadora from August 1995 to November 2001; they had one son, Jordan. Zadora claimed they separated after Kaufer allegedly threw her against a garage door. Kaufer denied that he had ever done so, claiming that the "brief and mutual physical contact" occurred when Zadora was intoxicated and had attempted to take their son out of a moving vehicle. He also rebuffed a claim that he had attacked Zadora on a ferry, claiming that "Pia fell that evening because she was drunk." In 2010, he filed a lawsuit, claiming that Zadora defamed him. Kaufer detailed that Zadora had taken advantage of their son's developmental issues in order to make "false, outrageous and defamatory reports." The complaint wrote that Zadora alleged Kaufer had downloaded child pornography onto his computer, and that he had molested his son. Zadora won dismissal of the lawsuit, with it being ruled that her statements fell under protected speech.

In 1985, Kaufer was arrested for attempted murder after attacking his then-girlfriend, actress and model Myra Jean Hall, in her apartment. Kaufer, angry that Hall had dated another man, reportedly used a leather rope to choke her. Hall managed to break free and phoned authorities. Kaufer was later released on bond.

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Filmography of Jonathan Kaufer (1 films)

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