Meet the Team

Matthew Kaplan

Matt Kaplan is the founder and CEO of ACE Entertainment, a top-tier entertainment company focused on making feature films, television series, and digital content for young adult audiences. Kaplan has produced some of the most relevant millennial content in recent history, including Netflix’s new hit show XO, Kitty, the runaway success To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before film franchise for Netflix, the rom-com hit The Perfect Date for Netflix, and Netflix’s Hello Goodbye and Everything In Between.

The company finances and produces five films per year, including recent releases Love at First Sight starring Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy on Netflix, and Love in Taipei starring Ross Butler, Nico Hiraga, and Ashley Liao on Paramount+. Upcoming releases include Time Cut starring Madison Bailey and Antonia Gentry, A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow starring Maia Reficco, Kit Connor, and Kate del Castillo, and I Wish You All The Best written and directed by Tommy Dorfman starring Cole Sprouse, Alexandra Daddario, and Corey Fogelmanis.

ACE Entertainment’s television division is behind the new Netflix series XO Kitty, the Nickelodeon TV reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark, which premiered its third season in July 2022, and has projects in development with almost every available streaming platform including Netflix, Disney +, and Peacock.

Kaplan’s additional past credits include features such as the critically-acclaimed drama Before I Fall starring Zoey Deutch and The Lazarus Effect with Olivia Wilde and Mark Duplass.