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Jacques Companeez

Jacques Companeez

Screenwriter

Jacques Companeez[1] (Russian: Яков Компанеец, Yaakov Kompanéyets, born in Nizhyn, Russian Empire 1906–1956)[2] was a Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter in Paris.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

He arrived in Paris in 1936 after study in Berlin, and wrote 80 screenplays, one of his first being co-writing Les Bas-fonds for Jean Renoir (1936).[3] His older daughter is the contralto Irène Companeez, who recorded with Maria Callas and was married to great Italian baritone Dino Dondi. His younger daughter Nina Companeez was also a screenwriter.[4]

Selected screenplays

References

  1. [1]
    His surname is occasionally found accented é to indicate the Russian pronunciation "Kompané-ez"
  2. [2]
    Яков Компанеец (1906-1956)
  3. [3]
    Roger Boussinot L'encyclopédie du cinéma 1980 - Volume 1 - Page 316 "Dix films, pour la seule année 1946, sont bâtis sur des idées ou des scénarios de Jacques Companeez. Et dans ces dix films, il y a les maudits, probablement le chef-d'œuvre de René Clément."
  4. [4]
    Françoise Audé Ciné-modèles cinéma d'elles.: Situations de femmes dans le cinéma 1981 Page 77 "[Michel Deville]... Il ne se lance alors pas seul dans l'aventure : avec lui, une scénariste-dialoguiste brillante, Nina Companeez. Elle était la fille de Jacques Companeez qui fut le scénariste de Jacques Becker. Elle était, en outre, monteuse."
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