Nelly Kaplan

Nelly Kaplan, born on April eleventh, nineteen thirty-one, was an Argentine-born French writer and film director whose passion for the arts and cinema shaped her remarkable career. She began her academic journey studying economics at the University of Buenos Aires but soon shifted her focus to film. In nineteen fifty-three, she moved to Paris to represent the new Argentine film archive at an international convention, marking the beginning of her illustrious career in cinema.

Upon her arrival in Paris, Kaplan brought with her a wealth of journalistic experience and a letter of introduction to Henri Langlois, the founder of the Cinémathèque Française. This connection led her to work alongside the legendary filmmaker Abel Gance, where she served as his assistant on the film La tour de Nesle. Her collaboration with Gance continued as she contributed to Austerlitz in nineteen sixty and directed action scenes for Cyrano et d'Artagnan in nineteen sixty-four.

Kaplan's literary contributions were equally significant. She published her work on Magirama, titled Le Manifeste d'un art nouveau, with a preface by Philippe Soupault, and a film report, Le Sunlight of Austerlitz, through the Plon publishing house in nineteen sixty. From nineteen sixty-one onwards, she directed a series of acclaimed art shorts that garnered numerous awards at international festivals, including works on Gustave Moreau and Rudolphe Bresdin.

Her first feature film, A Very Curious Girl, was celebrated in a retrospective titled Wild Things: The Ferocious Films of Nelly Kaplan in two thousand nineteen. Additionally, she produced a documentary in nineteen sixty-six, The Picasso Look, which explored the delivery and display of Picasso's works in Paris, further solidifying her legacy in the world of cinema.