Jacques Companeez Explained

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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 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

• A Thousand for One Night (1933)
• In the Service of the Tsar (1936)
• The Lower Depths (Les Bas-fonds), directed by Jean Renoir (1936)
• , directed by Jacques de Baroncelli (1937)
• The Alibi, directed by Pierre Chenal (1937)
• The Cheat (1937)
• Princess Tarakanova, directed by Fedor Ozep (1938)
• , 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)
• , 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)
• , 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)
• , 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)

Notes and References

1. His surname is occasionally found accented é to indicate the Russian pronunciation "Kompané-ez"
2. http://dommuseum.ru/index.php?m=dist&pid=6616 Яков Компанеец (1906-1956)
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. 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."