1. Jonathan David Kaufer was an American film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor.
20 Facts About Jonathan Kaufer
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Filmmaker Howard Zieff later hired Jonathan 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.
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Jonathan Kaufer did not make another film for seventeen years he had acting roles in two films and wrote and directed an episode of the television series Dream On.
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Jonathan Kaufer was married to actress Pia Zadora from August 1995 to November 2001, and the two had one son together.
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In 2010, Jonathan Kaufer sued Zadora, due to claims that Zadora had made which Jonathan Kaufer alleged were defamation; however, the case was thrown out.
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Jonathan Kaufer died on October 2,2013, when he was ejected from a vehicle while driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
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Jonathan David Kaufer was born on March 14,1955, in Los Angeles.
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Jonathan Kaufer's father was Mac and his mother was Jimi.
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Jonathan Kaufer's brother Scott is a television writer and producer, and he had a sister, Susan.
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Filmmaker Howard Zieff discovered Jonathan Kaufer, which led to Jonathan Kaufer doing rewrites on the script for Zieff's films The Main Event and Unfaithfully Yours.
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Jonathan Kaufer, who wrote the film's screenplay, was compared to Woody Allen for his work.
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Jonathan Kaufer had brief acting roles in the years between making his two films, appearing in the Henry Jaglom film Always.
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Jonathan Kaufer wrote and directed "Martin Gets Lucky", an episode of the television series Dream On.
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Jonathan Kaufer made a return to directing with the 1997 film Bad Manners.
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Jonathan Kaufer was married to American actress Pia Zadora from August 1995 to November 2001; they had one son.
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Zadora claimed they separated after Jonathan Kaufer allegedly threw her against a garage door.
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Jonathan 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.
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In 1985, Jonathan Kaufer was arrested for attempted murder after attacking his then-girlfriend, actress and model Myra Jean Hall, in her apartment.
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Jonathan Kaufer fell asleep at the wheel and died in a road accident on October 2,2013.
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Jonathan Kaufer had been on his way from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.