Nina Companeez Explained

Nina Companeez
Birth Date:	26 August 1937
Birth Place:	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Death Place:	Paris, France
Occupation:	Screenwriter Film director
Yearsactive:	1961–2015

Nina Companeez (26 August 1937  - 9 April 2015) was a French screenwriter and film director.^[1] Nina Companeez was the younger daughter of Russian Jewish émigré screenwriter Jacques Companéez and younger sister of contralto Irène Companeez. She was the mother of actress Valentine Varela.

Companeez was a long time collaborator of Michel Deville.^[2] She wrote scripts for 29 films and television shows. In April 2015, she died at the age of 77.^[3]

Selected filmography

Writer

• Tonight or Never (1961)
• Adorable Liar (1962)
• Because, Because of a Woman (1963)
• Girl's Apartment (1963)
• Lucky Jo (1964)
• Martin Soldat (1966)
• The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966)
• Zärtliche Haie (1967)
• Benjamin (1968)
• Bye bye, Barbara (1969)
• The Bear and the Doll (1970)
• Raphael, or The Debauched One (1971)
• Faustine et le Bel Été (1972)
• L'histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot trousse-chemise (1973)
• The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
• À la recherche du temps perdu (2011)

Actor

• Benjamin (1968) - Une invitée (uncredited)
• Bye bye, Barbara (1969) - La directrice de l'agence de call-girls (uncredited)
• The Bear and the Doll (1970) - Dame en blanche (uncredited)

Notes and References

1. Web site: New York Times: Nina Companéez. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102125059/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/85630/Nina-Companeez. dead. 2 November 2012. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. 9 April 2015.
2. 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 est la fille de Jacques Companeez qui fut le scénariste de Jacques Becker. Elle est, en outre, monteuse."
3. Web site: écès de la réalisatrice de télévision et de cinéma Nina Companeez. 9 April 2015. lefigaro.