Elliot Caplan

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Filmmaker-in-Residence at the Cunningham Dance Foundation, Elliot Caplan studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received his MFA in filmmaking. Since 1983 he has collaborated with Merce Cunningham, and with John Cage until his death in 1992. Caplan's work can be seen as part of permanent collections throughout the world, including the Museums of Modern Art, New York; Cinémathèque FranÁois, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Musich Filmmuseum, Germany; and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.