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.
Polly West est de retour
(Salomé von Jung)
Tower of Lust
(Alice)
La prima donna
(La Pasta)
Papa, the Lil' Boats
(Lady with her Saint-Bernard)
Charles and Lucie
(Nostradama)
One Must Live Dangerously
Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
(Self)
The Battle of Austerlitz
(Madame Récamier)
Midi Première
(Self)
Le Regard dans le miroir
(Laura)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
Midi trente
(Self)
Samedi soir
(Self)
Charles and Lucie
(Director)
A Very Curious Girl
(Director)
The Battle of Austerlitz
(Writer)
Nea
(Director)
Nea
(Writer)
The Pleasure of Love
(Director)
One Must Live Dangerously
(Writer)
Honorin et l'enfant prodigue
(Writer)
The Cocottes
(Writer)
Abel Gance et son Napoléon
(Director)
A Very Curious Girl
(Writer)
Papa, the Lil' Boats
(Director)
A Very Curious Girl
(Editor)
A Very Curious Girl
(Producer)
Velvet Paws
(Director)
Velvet Paws
(Writer)
A la source, la femme aimée
(Director)
I Accuse! [Magirama]
(Director)
One Must Live Dangerously
(Director)
Papa, the Lil' Boats
(Writer)
Rodolphe Bresdin
(Director)
Dessins et merveilles
(Director)
The Picasso Look
(Director)
Gustave Moreau
(Director)
Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
(Director of Photography)
Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
(Director)
Abel Gance, Yesterday and Tomorrow
(Editor)
Magirama
(Director)
The Pleasure of Love
(Screenplay)
Papa, the Lil' Boats
(Editor)
Papa, the Lil' Boats
(Producer)
Charles and Lucie
(Writer)
The Battle of Austerlitz
(First Assistant Director)
Le Regard dans le miroir
(Screenplay)