Jonathan David Kaufer (March 14, 1955 – October 2, 2013) was an American film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor.

The film, based on a play by David Gilman, received positive reviews, holding an 84% approval rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes.

Although his agents advised him to continue attending the school, Kaufer ignored them and was hired as story editor for the short-lived science fiction series Quark.

[5] Kaufer's work on The Main Event gave him a development deal with Warner Bros., which led to his directing the comedy Soup for One.

[4] At 24 years old and recently out of college, the film made Kaufer the youngest filmmaker to be hired by a major studio at the time.

[7] TV Guide wrote that Kaufer "lacks distance or objectivity" but that he "brings a rare type of energy to the film,"[8] and Vincent Canby wrote that "it's energetic, sort of gawky, sometimes obnoxious, occasionally very funny and frequently endearing" and described Kaufer and the cast as "up-and-coming new talents.

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.

Kaufer accused Zadora of taking advantage of their son's developmental issues in order to make "false, outrageous and defamatory reports.

"[16] The complaint wrote that Zadora alleged Kaufer had downloaded child pornography onto his computer and that he had molested his son.

[15] In 1985, Kaufer was arrested for attempted murder after attacking his then-girlfriend, actress and model Myra Jean Hall, in her apartment.