13 Facts About Nelly Kaplan

Nelly Kaplan was an Argentine-born French writer and film director who focused on the arts, film, and filmmakers.

Nelly Kaplan studied economics at the University of Buenos Aires.

Nelly Kaplan met Abel Gance in 1954, who gave her the opportunity to work on the film La tour de Nesle.

Nelly Kaplan became Gance's assistant during the film and showed the program Magirama in Polyvision, then, still at Gance's side, she collaborated with him on Austerlitz.

Nelly Kaplan trusted her with the direction of all the second crew's action scenes during the filming of his movie Cyrano and d'Artagnan.

Nelly Kaplan filmed and produced a 1966 documentary, The Picasso Look, about the works of Picasso being delivered and displayed in Paris.

Nelly Kaplan was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Russian Jewish family.

Nelly Kaplan served as a professor and lecturer at Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques.

Nelly Kaplan's films have been shown at many international festivals.

Nelly Kaplan regularly collaborated on the show "Des Papous dans la Tete," on France Culture.

Nelly Kaplan contributed to the cinema section of the magazine Le Magazine Litteraire for 25 years.

Nelly Kaplan was Commander of the Arts and Letters, Officer in the National Merite Order, Cavalier of the Legion of Honor, and Academician of the Alphonse Allais Academy.

Nelly Kaplan died from COVID-19 at a nursing home in Geneva on 12 November 2020 aged 89.