Nicholas Clapp

Nicholas Clapp (born May 1, 1936) is an American filmmaker, writer, and amateur archaeologist who has been called "a modern day Indiana Jones".^[1] He has received 70 film awards (including Emmys),^[2][3] and several films that he edited have received Academy Award nominations. He is a graduate of both Brown University^[3] and the University of Southern California,^[4] and he has worked for Disney, National Geographic Society, Columbia Pictures, PBS and the White House.

Nicholas Clapp
Born	(1936-05-01) May 1, 1936 (age 89)
Alma mater	Brown University University of Southern California
Occupations	Filmmaker writer amateur archaeologist
Spouse	Bonnie Loizos
Children	2

Personal life

Clapp is married to Bonnie Loizos, with whom he has two daughters, Jennifer and Cristina.

Books

• The road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1999. ISBN 978-0-395-95786-8. OCLC 41557131.
• Sheba: Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2001. ISBN 9780547345017.
• Who Killed Chester Pray? A Death Valley Mystery. La Frontera. 2007. ISBN 9780978563424.
• Gold and Silver in the Mojave: Images of a Last Frontier. Sunbelt Publications. 2012. ISBN 9780932653062.
• Old Magic: Lives of the Desert Shamans. Sunbelt Publications. 2015. ISBN 9781941384053.
• Virginia City: To Dance with the Devil. Sunbelt Publications. 2016. ISBN 9781941384152.
• Bodie: Good Times & Bad. Sunbelt Publications. 2017. ISBN 9781941384268.
• The Outlaw's Violin: Or Farewell, Old West. Sunbelt Publications. 2019. 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)