Nelly Kaplan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1931-04-11

Deathday 2020-11-12 (89 years old)

Place of Birth Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nelly Kaplan

Biography

Born in Argentina to a Russian Jewish family, Nelly Kaplan relocated to Paris at age seventeen, where she became an assistant to legendary director Abel Gance before directing her first feature, the caustic revenge comedy A Very Curious Girl. Transgressive, satirical, and surreal, Kaplan's films are defined by their proactive female protagonists.

Known For

Director

2019
Velvet Paws

as Director

1991
1979
Charles and Lucie

as Director

1976
Nea

as Director

1971
1969
1967
The Picasso Look

as Director

1966
1962
Rodolphe Bresdin

as Director

1962
Gustave Moreau

as Director

1960
The Battle of Austerlitz

as First Assistant Director

1958
Magirama

as Director

1956

Actor

1993
Polly West est de retour

as Salomé von Jung

1979
Charles and Lucie

as Nostradama

1975
1972
Midi trente

as Self

1971
Papa, the Lil' Boats

as Lady with her Saint-Bernard

1971
Samedi soir

as Self

1964
La prima donna

as La Pasta

1960
The Battle of Austerlitz

as Madame Récamier

1955
Tower of Lust

as Alice

Writer

2019
Velvet Paws

as Writer

1991
The Cocottes

as Writer

1991
The Pleasure of Love

as Screenplay

1985
1979
1976
Nea

as Writer

1971
1969

Producer

1971
1969

Camera

1963
Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow

as Director of Photography