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Born in Argentina, Nelly Kaplan 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. She stayed there and became a correspondent for different Argentine newspapers. She met Abel Gance in 1954, who allowed her to have her first work experience with the filming of La tour de Nesle.
She became his assistant for the filming and showing of the program “Magirama” (triple screen) in Polyvision, then, always by Abel Gance’s side, she collaborated with him on Austerlitz. He trusted her with the direction of all the second crew’s action scenes during the filming of his movie Cyrano et d’Artagnan.
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