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

Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow

Self

Papa, the Lil' Boats

Lady with her Saint-Bernard

Tower of Lust

Alice

Charles and Lucie

Nostradama

The Battle of Austerlitz

Madame Récamier

La prima donna

La Pasta

Polly West est de retour

Salomé von Jung

One Must Live Dangerously