Nicholas Clapp is a Borrego Springs, California based writer, film-maker, and amateur archaeologist. He has often been called the "real Indiana Jones" and he has received 70 film awards (including Emmys) and several Academy Award nominations. He has two daughters, Jennifer and Cristina. He is a graduate of both Brown University and the University of Southern California, and he has worked for Disney, National Geographic, Columbia Pictures, PBS and the White House.