Multi-Disciplined Lee Caplin

LEE CAPLIN is an entertainment and communications industry executive. He is the founder of Picture Entertainment Corporation and is its chairman and CEO. Caplin also founded iSTAR (Immersive Studio for Altered Reality) at FIU (Florida International University) within CARTA (The College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts) in Miami. He previously co-founded and was a director with Jay Penske of Velocity Services Inc., which was later renamed Mail.com Media Company and eventually renamed Penske Media Corporation, which owns Variety and Rolling Stone magazines.

Caplin founded Picture Entertainment Corporation (PEC) in 1984. Beginning with projects like “The Great American Art Game” and “Andy Warhol: Made in China,” Caplin went on to executive produce “Ali,” starring Will Smith, with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Columbia Pictures in 2001. Will Smith and Jon Voight both received Academy Award nominations for their performances.

In 2005, Caplin’s mother, Ruth Sacks Caplin, wrote an adaptation of a 1971 Elizabeth Taylor novel. Caplin purchased the film rights and produced “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont,” directed by Dan Ireland, starring Academy Award-nominated Joan Plowright opposite Rupert Friend.

Caplin is the Executor of the Literary Estate of Nobel Prize author William Faulkner. In this role, he produces motion pictures, television, and theatrical productions based on Faulkner’s works.