Nicholas Clapp is a Borrego Springs, California

Borrego Springs, California

Borrego Springs is a census-designated place in San Diego County, California. The population was 3,429 at the 2010 census, up from 2,535 at the 2000 census. Many residents are seasonal while others remain year round...

 based writer, film-maker, and amateur archaeologist. He has often been called the "real Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones

Colonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...

" and he has received 70 film awards (including Emmys) and several Academy Award

Academy Awards

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 nominations. He has two daughters, Jennifer and Cristina. He is a graduate of both Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

 and the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

, and he has worked for Disney

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...

, National Geographic, Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...

, PBS and the White House

White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

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Books

• The Road to Ubar; Finding the Atlantis of the Sands
  Atlantis of the Sands
  Atlantis of the Sands is the popular name given to a legendary city in southern Arabia believed to have been destroyed by a natural disaster or act of God.-Introduction:...
  
  
• Sheba
  Sheba
  Sheba was a kingdom mentioned in the Jewish scriptures and the Qur'an...
  
  ; Through the Desert in Search of the Legendary Queen
• Who Killed Chester Pray? A Death Valley Mystery

Nicholas Clapp is currently married to Bonnie Loizos,now Bonnie Clapp

Films

• The Yanks are Coming!
• Let My People Go
• The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
  Jacques-Yves Cousteau
  Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water...
  
  
• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
• The Great Mojave Desert
• The Haunted West
• The Incredible Machine
• Journey to the Outer Limits
  Journey to the Outer Limits
  Journey to the Outer Limits is a 1973 documentary film directed by Alexander Grasshoff. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature....
  
  
• Saucers
• Trouble in Angel City
• The Road to Ubar

External links

• Brown Magazine article