Jacques Companeez
Jacques Companeez[1] (Russian: Яков Компанеец, Yaakov Kompanéyets 1906–1956)[2] was a Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter in Paris.
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
- The Lower Depths (Les Bas-fonds), directed by Jean Renoir (1936)
- Feu ! (film, 1937), directed by Jacques de Baroncelli (1937)
- L'Alibi (film, 1937), directed by Pierre Chenal (1937)
- Princess Tarakanova, directed by Fedor Ozep (1938)
- La Maison du Maltais, directed by Pierre Chenal (1938)
- Katia, directed by Maurice Tourneur (1938)
- Gibraltar, directed by Fedor Ozep (1938)
- Personal Column, directed by Robert Siodmak (1939)
- The Emigrant (1940)
- Serenade, directed by Jean Boyer (1940)
- As Long As I Live, directed by Jacques de Baroncelli (1946)
- A Friend Will Come Tonight, directed by Raymond Bernard (1946)
- Impasse (film, 1946), directed by Pierre Dard (1946)
- La Foire aux chimères, directed by Pierre Chenal (1946)
- Goodbye Darling, directed by Raymond Bernard (1946)
- Contre-enquête (film, 1947), directed by Jean Faurez (1947)
- Copie conforme (film, 1947), directed by Jean Dréville (1947)
- The Damned, directed by René Clément (1947)
- Gunman in the Streets, directed by Frank Tuttle (1950)
- L'Homme de la Jamaïque, directed by Maurice de Canonge (1950)
- Casque d'Or, directed by Jacques Becker (1952)
- Adorable Creatures, directed by Christian-Jaque (1952)
- Forbidden Fruit, directed by Henri Verneuil (1952)
- Jeunes Mariés (film, 1953), directed by Gilles Grangier (1953)
- Les Compagnes de la nuit, directed by Ralph Habib (1953)
- Tempest in the Flesh, directed by Ralph Habib (1954)
- It's the Paris Life (1954)
- La Reine Margot, directed by Jean Dréville (1954)
- The Lovers of Lisbon, directed by Henri Verneuil (1955)
- La Sorcière, directed by André Michel (1956)
- Women's Club, directed by Ralph Habib (1956)
- Folies-Bergère (film, 1957), directed by Henri Decoin (1957)
- I'll Get Back to Kandara, directed by Victor Vicas (1957)
References
- ↑ His surname is occasionally found accented é to indicate the Russian pronunciation "Kompané-ez"
- ↑ Яков Компанеец (1906-1956)
- ↑ 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."
- ↑ 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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