He was a leading producer during the silent era, and was employed by the large French studio Pathé.
[1]:30 He was behind the company's construction of the Victorine Studios in Nice in 1921, which attempted to create a version of Hollywood on the French Riviera.
He was the elder brother of producer Alex Nalpas.
Nalpas produced many of the early films of director Abel Gance.
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