Nicholas Clapp
Nicholas Clapp was an American filmmaker, writer and amateur archaeologist who was called "a modern day Indiana Jones". He received 70 film awards, and several films that he edited received Academy Award nominations. He was a graduate of both Brown University and the University of Southern California, and worked for Disney, the National Geographic Society, Columbia Pictures, PBS and the White House.
Clapp was born on May 1, 1936, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was married to Bonnie Loizos, with whom he had two daughters, Jennifer and Cristina. He died after a stroke on July 30, 2025, at the age of 89. More detailed information about his life can be found on the Anza-Borego Foundation website at https://theabf.org/nicholas-clapp-a-renaissance-man-who-left-his-mark-on-abf/.
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Films
The Yanks Are Coming Let My People Go: The Story of Israel The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Journey to the Outer Limits National Geographic Specials: The Haunted West, The Great Mojave Desert The Incredible Machine , PBS/NOVA