Nicholas Clapp is a

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based writer, film-maker, and amateur archaeologist who has been called "a modern day

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". He has received 70 film awards (including

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), and several films that he edited have received

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nominations. He is a graduate of both

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and the

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, and he has worked for

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and the White House. Nicholas Clapp is married to Bonnie Loizos, now Bonnie Clapp. He has two daughters, Jennifer and Cristina.

Books

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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) * ''

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'' (1973) * ''National Geographic Specials:'' The Haunted West (1973), The Great Mojave Desert (1975) * '' The Incredible Machine'' (1975)

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* * * Living people Brown University alumni University of Southern California alumni American male non-fiction writers American filmmakers People from Borrego Springs, California 1936 births {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub