Nelly Kaplan
Director
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.
Filmography
The Battle of Austerlitz
as Madame Récamier 1960
Tower of Lust
as Alice 1955
One Must Live Dangerously
1975
Charles and Lucie
as Nostradama 1979
Papa, the Lil' Boats
as Lady with her Saint-Bernard 1971
La prima donna
as La Pasta 1964