Jacques Companeez


Jacques Companeez 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. 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.

Selected screenplays

A Thousand for One Night In the Service of the Tsar The Lower Depths, directed by Jean Renoir ', directed by Jacques de Baroncelli The Alibi, directed by Pierre Chenal The Cheat Princess Tarakanova, directed by Fedor Ozep