Nicholas Clapp
{{Infobox person
| name = Nicholas Clapp
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|05|01}}
| alma_mater = {{ubl|Brown University|University of Southern California}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Filmmaker|writer|amateur archaeologist}}
| spouse = Bonnie Loizos
| children = 2
}}
Nicholas Clapp (born May 1, 1936) is an American filmmaker, writer, and amateur archaeologist who has been called "a modern day Indiana Jones".{{Cite news |last=Glionna |first=John M. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-15-me-29168-story.html |title='Atlantis of the Sands': A Sizzling Tale |date=15 March 1998|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=30 April 2019}} He has received 70 film awards (including Emmys),{{cite book |last1=Saari |first1=Peggy |last2=Pear |first2=Nancy |last3=Baker |first3=Daniel B. |title=Explorers & Discoverers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ql3dmEqpoP4C |accessdate=1 February 2016 |volume=5 |year=1997 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787619909}} and several films that he edited have received Academy Award nominations. He is a graduate of both Brown University{{Cite news |last=Wallace |first=Amy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-05-mn-1190-story.html |title=It Helped to Be Amateurs, Say Discoverers of Buried City |date=February 5, 1992 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=24 November 2019}} and the University of Southern California,{{cite web |title=Nicholas Clapp |url=https://sunbeltpublications.com/authors/nicholas-clapp/ |website=Sunbelt Publications |accessdate=30 April 2019}} and he has worked for Disney, National Geographic Society, Columbia Pictures, PBS and the White House.
Personal life
Clapp is married to Bonnie Loizos, with whom he has two daughters, Jennifer and Cristina.
Books
- {{cite book
|date=1999
|title=The road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands
|url=https://archive.org/details/roadtoubarfindin0000clap
|location=Boston
|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
|isbn=978-0-395-95786-8
|oclc = 41557131
}}
- {{cite book
|date=2001
|title=Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=di2ydmC79WgC
|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
|isbn=9780547345017
}}
- {{cite book
|date=2007
|title=Who Killed Chester Pray? A Death Valley Mystery
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATwgAQAAIAAJ
|publisher=La Frontera
|isbn=9780978563424
}}
- {{cite book
|date=2012
|title=Gold and Silver in the Mojave: Images of a Last Frontier
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dedMQEACAAJ
|publisher=Sunbelt Publications
|isbn=9780932653062
}}
- {{cite book
|date=2015
|title=Old Magic: Lives of the Desert Shamans
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MoLVoQEACAAJ
|publisher=Sunbelt Publications
|isbn=9781941384053
}}
- {{cite book
|date=2016
|title=Virginia City: To Dance with the Devil
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVeSrgEACAAJ
|publisher=Sunbelt Publications
|isbn=9781941384152
}}
- {{cite book
|date=2017
|title=Bodie: Good Times & Bad
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9cpvgAACAAJ
|publisher=Sunbelt Publications
|isbn=9781941384268
}}
- {{cite book
|date=2019
|title=The Outlaw's Violin: Or Farewell, Old West
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PuXvgEACAAJ
|publisher=Sunbelt Publications
|isbn=9781941384497
}}
Films
- Let My People Go: The Story of Israel (1965)
- The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (2 episodes, 1968)
- The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968 TV Movie)
- Journey to the Outer Limits (1973)
- National Geographic Specials: The Haunted West (1973), The Great Mojave Desert (1975)
- The Incredible Machine (1975)
References
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External links
- {{cite web |first=Bob |last=Sipchen |date=8 March 1998 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-08-tr-26704-story.html |title=Riches in the Arabian Desert (book review) |website=Los Angeles Times}}
- {{cite web |first=Michael |last=Harris |date=1 May 2001 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-may-01-cl-57760-story.html |title=Sifting Through Sands of Time for the Truth About Sheba (book review) |website=Los Angeles Times}}
- {{IMDb name|name=Nicholas Clapp|id=0163436}}
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Category:Brown University alumni
Category:University of Southern California alumni
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:Filmmakers from California
Category:People from Borrego Springs, California
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