Nina Companéez
Nina Companeez (26 August 1937 – 9 April 2015) was a French screenwriter and film director. 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.
Also recorded as Nina Companeez · Nina Kompaneitzeff · Nina Hélène Kompaneyetz
Nina Companéez
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- Name
- Nina Companeez
- Born
- 26 August 1937
- Birthplace
- Boulogne-Billancourt, France
- Died
- 9 April 2015
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Screenwriter Film director
- Full name
- Nina Hélène Kompaneitzeff.
- Nationality
- France.
- Honours
- Commander of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit and Officer of the National Order of Merit.
- Languages
- French.
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Biography
Biography
Companeez was a long-time collaborator of Michel Deville. She wrote scripts for 29 films and television shows. In April 2015, she died at the age of 77.
Documentary record
Nina Companéez was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine).
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Nina Companeez • Born — 26 August 1937 • Birthplace — Boulogne-Billancourt, France • Died — 9 April 2015 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Screenwriter Film director • Years Active — 1961–2015
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Nina Companéez lived from 26 August 1937 to 9 April 2015 and was a director and screenwriter. Nina Companéez was born on 26 August 1937 and died on 9 April 2015. Nina Companéez died in Paris, France, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the 6th arrondissement.
Actor
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)
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Boulogne-Billancourt.
Birth place
6th arrondissement of Paris.
Death place
Writer
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)
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the gender female. Institutional cataloguing adds that nina Companéez was born on 26 August 1937. The register further records that nina Companéez died on 9 April 2015. Recorded with the occupation screenwriter. It is also recorded that nina Companéez is recorded with the occupation film director. Institutional cataloguing adds that nina Companéez is recorded with the occupation playwright. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation director. It is also recorded that nina Companéez is recorded as a citizen of France.
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Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q457123: Nina Companéez
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reference work
- “Nina Companeez”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Nina Companeez, revision 1365483062 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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- 1.Insee. Acte de décès de Nina Hélène Kompaneitzeff. MatchID.
- 2.« Nina Companeez », whoswho.fr.
- 3.Télé 7 jours , semaine du 28 mai au 3 juin 1983, .
- 4.Article auteur1=Caroline Constant Nina Companeez, une révolution et deux guerres mondiales en héritage l'Humanité 11 août 2021 lire en https://www.humanite.fr/nina-companeez-une-revolution-et-deux-guerres-mondiales-en-heritage-716980 consulté le=12 août 2021 .
- 5.Richard Rein, Ciné regards : Le cinéma au féminin. France Régions 3, 7 juin 1978. 33 min.
- 6.[[#Audé|Françoise Audé, ]]
- 7.Biographie de Nina Companeez. Ciné-Ressources.
- 8.Richard Rein, réal. Ciné regards : Le cinéma au féminin. France Régions 3, 7 juin 1978. 33 min.
- 9.Véronique Cauhapé. Décès de la réalisatrice et scénariste Nina Companeez. Le Monde. 11 avril 2015. 0395-2037.
- 10.Francis Cornu. « Voici venir l’orage ». Le Monde. 31 décembre 2013.
- 11.Emmanuelle Bouchez. La réalisatrice Nina Companeez, la reine de saga. Télérama. 26 janvier 2008.
- 12.La réalisatrice Nina Companeez est morte. AFP. 9 avril 2015.
- 13.Obsèques de Nina Companeez. Purepeople. 2015.
- 14.Légion d'honneur - Promotion du janvier 2015. Légion d'honneur. janvier 2015.
- 15.JORF. PREX1130511D. Décret du 14 novembre 2011 portant promotion et nomination.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Ciné-modèles, cinéma d'elles. L'Âge d'Homme. 1981. 978-2-8251-3334-7.
- Christian Berger, « Nécrologie des personnalités disparues en 2015 : Companeez Nina », L'Annuel du cinéma 2016, Éditions Les Fiches du cinéma, Paris, 2016, 780 p., ,
- Aurore Renaut, Myriam Tsikounas dir., Nina Companeez : petit écran et grande histoire, Paris, Éditions de la Sorbonne, coll. "Homme et société", 2024.
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