FILM DIRECTOR

Nelly Kaplan

1931 - 2020

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Nelly Kaplan (11 April 1931 – 12 November 2020) was an Argentine-born French writer and film director who focused on the arts, film, and filmmakers. She studied economics at the University of Buenos Aires. Passionate about cinema, she abruptly put her studies on hold to go to Paris to represent the new Argentine film archive at an international convention and later became a correspondent for different Argentine newspapers. She met Abel Gance in 1954, who gave her the opportunity to work on the film La tour de Nesle. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nelly Kaplan is the 1,204th most popular film director (down from 1,180th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 485th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Argentinean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Nelly Kaplan ranks 1,204 out of 2,041. Before her are Arne Skouen, Raymond Depardon, Rafael Azcona, Fernando Birri, Basil Dearden, and Freddie Francis. After her are Lee Tamahori, Buddy Van Horn, John Grierson, Jaume Collet-Serra, Busby Berkeley, and Colin Higgins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Nelly Kaplan ranks 465. Before her are Mitzi Gaynor, Marshall Applewhite, Norman Mineta, Virginia McKenna, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, and Věra Suková. After her are Maxine Singer, Peter Gilmore, Hubert Sumlin, Alan Newton, Sven Delblanc, and István Hevesi. Among people deceased in 2020, Nelly Kaplan ranks 548. Before her are Willi Holdorf, Aleksandr Aksinin, Fritz d'Orey, Norman I. Platnick, Ali Bozer, and Alison Lurie. After her are Pedro Pablo León, William Yorzyk, Rodolfo Fischer, James Drury, Isabel-Clara Simó, and Sam Lloyd.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Nelly Kaplan ranks 497 out of 1,154. Before her are Oscar Más (1946), José Varacka (1932), Ezequiel Garay (1986), Victoria Villarruel (1975), Alfredo Pérez (1929), and Fernando Birri (1925). After her are Rodolfo Fischer (1944), Ricardo Montaner (1957), Sebastián Rulli (1975), Joaquín Correa (1994), Gastón Gaudio (1978), and Darío Grandinetti (1959).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Argentina

Among film directors born in Argentina, Nelly Kaplan ranks 9. Before her are Fernando Solanas (1936), Luis Puenzo (1946), Andy Muschietti (1973), Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924), María Luisa Bemberg (1922), and Fernando Birri (1925). After her are Juan José Campanella (1959), Lucrecia Martel (1966), Sebastián Lelio (1974), Damián Szifron (1975), Pablo Trapero (1971), and Lisandro Alonso (1975).

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