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.

Directed

1. A Very Curious Girl (1969) — Director
2. One Must Live Dangerously (1975) — Director
3. Charles and Lucie (1979) — Director
4. Papa, the Lil' Boats (1971) — Director
5. Nea (1976) — Director
6. The Pleasure of Love (1991) — Director
7. Abel Gance et son Napoléon (1984) — Director
8. Velvet Paws (1987) — Director
9. Rodolphe Bresdin (1962) — Director
10. The Picasso Look (1967) — Director
11. Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow (1963) — Director
12. Magirama (1958) — Director
13. Les Années 25 (1966) — Director
14. À la source, la femme aimée (1965) — Director
15. I Accuse! [Magirama] (1956) — Director
16. Dessins et merveilles (1966) — Director
17. Gustave Moreau (1962) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Austerlitz (1960) — Madame Récamier
2. Tower of Lust (1955) — Alice
3. One Must Live Dangerously (1975)
4. Charles and Lucie (1979) — Nostradama
5. Papa, the Lil' Boats (1971) — Lady with her Saint-Bernard
6. The Cocottes (1991) — Belen, la voyante
7. La prima donna (1964) — La Pasta
8. Midi Première (1975) — Self
9. Le Regard dans le miroir (1985) — Laura
10. Polly West est de retour (1993) — Salomé von Jung
11. Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow (1963) — Self
12. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
13. Midi trente (1972) — Self
14. Samedi soir (1971) — Self