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

Midi Première
1979
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1977
Midi trente
1972
Samedi soir
1971
Austerlitz
1960
A Very Curious Girl
1969
Le Regard dans le miroir
1985
Birth of a Nation
1997
Papa, the Lil' Boats
1971
Charles and Lucie
1979
One Must Live Dangerously
1975
Honorin et l'enfant prodigue
1994

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
15
Directing
18
Writing
12
Producing
2
Camera
1
Editing
3
Sound
1
1997
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1993
Polly West est de retour
as Salomé von Jung
1991
The Cocottes
as Belen, la voyante
1985
Le Regard dans le miroir
as Laura
1979
Charles and Lucie
as Nostradama
1979
Midi Première
as Self
1977
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
One Must Live Dangerously
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
1963
Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
as Self
1960
Austerlitz
as Madame Récamier
1955
Tower of Lust
as Alice