Jacques Companeez
Jacques Companeez  | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 March 1906  | 
| Died | 15 September 1956  Paris (France)   | 
| Occupation | 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.
He arrived in Paris in 1936 after studying 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
- A Thousand for One Night (1933)
 - In the Service of the Tsar (1936)
 - The Lower Depths (Les Bas-fonds), directed by Jean Renoir (1936)
 - Feu!, directed by Jacques de Baroncelli (1937)
 - The Alibi, directed by Pierre Chenal (1937)
 - The Cheat (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)
 - I Was an Adventuress (1938)
 - The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
 - Personal Column, directed by Robert Siodmak (1939)
 - The Emigrant (1940)
 - Serenade, directed by Jean Boyer (1940)
 - A Woman in the Night (1943)
 - The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois (1943)
 - Florence Is Crazy (1944)
 - Secret Documents (1945)
 - As Long as I Live, directed by Jacques de Baroncelli (1946)
 - A Friend Will Come Tonight, directed by Raymond Bernard (1946)
 - Impasse, directed by Pierre Dard (1946)
 - Devil and the Angel (1946), directed by Pierre Chenal (1946)
 - Goodbye Darling, directed by Raymond Bernard (1946)
 - Counter Investigation, directed by Jean Faurez (1947)
 - Copie conforme, directed by Jean Dréville (1947)
 - The Damned, directed by René Clément (1947)
 - Monsieur Wens Holds the Trump Cards, directed by Emile-Georges De Meyst (1947)
 - A Cop (1947)
 - Gunman in the Streets, directed by Frank Tuttle (1950)
 - The Man from Jamaica, directed by Maurice de Canonge (1950)
 - Casque d'Or, directed by Jacques Becker (1952)
 - Adorable Creatures, directed by Christian-Jaque (1952)
 - Pleasures of Paris (1952)
 - Full House, directed by Henri Verneuil (1952)
 - Forbidden Fruit, directed by Henri Verneuil (1952)
 - Jeunes Mariés, 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)
 - Orient Express (1954)
 - Queen Margot, directed by Jean Dréville (1954)
 - The Lovers of Lisbon, directed by Henri Verneuil (1955)
 - The Blue Danube (1955)
 - Blackmail (1955)
 - Scandal in Montmartre (1955)
 - Stopover in Orly (1955)
 - Nagana (1955)
 - La Sorcière, directed by André Michel (1956)
 - Women's Club, directed by Ralph Habib (1956)
 - Folies-Bergère, directed by Henri Decoin (1957)
 - I'll Get Back to Kandara, directed by Victor Vicas (1957)
 - The Seventh Commandment (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."