Companéez, Nina

(Nina Kompaneitzeff / August 26, 1937, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France - )

   The daughter of screenwriter Jacques Companéez (1906-1956), she gave up her studies at the Sorbonne after the death of her father to become a film editor. In 1960, she met young director Michel Deville and co-wrote a dozen of his films (1961 Ce Soir ou jamais, also co-dialogist, editor; 1962 Ador­able Menteuse, also dialogist, co-adapter, editor; 1963 A Cause, à Cause d'une Femme / UK: Because of a Woman / USA: Because, Because of a Woman, also co-adapter, dialogist, editor; 1964 Lucky Jo, also co-adapter, dialogist, editor; Les Petites Demoiselles, TV movie; 1966 On a volé la Joconde / Il ladro della Gioconda / USA: The Theft of Mona Lisa, also dialogist, France / Italy; Martin Soldat / UK: Kiss Me General, as co-adapter, dialogist, editor only; 1967 Zàrtliche Haie / Tendres Requins, West Germany / France / Italy; 1968 Bye Bye Barbara, also dialogist, editor; Benjamin / Benjamin ou les Mémoires d'un Puceau / USA: The Diary of an Innocent Boy, also adapter, di-alogist, actor, editor; 1969 L'ours et la Poupée / USA: The Bear and the Doll, also dialogist, editor; 1971 Raphaël ou Le Débauché, as screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, editor). A filmmaker since 1971, she also directed successful TV miniseries. Other credits (as technical adviser): 1986 On a vole Charlie Spencer! (Francis Huster); (as co-screenwriter): 1994 Adieu les Roses (TV, Philippe Venault); 1995 Le Hussard sur le Toit / USA: The Horseman on the Roof (Jean-Paul Rappeneau); 2001 Un pique-Nique chez Osiris (TV, Benoît Charrie, Khaled Haffad).

 Filmography

        ◘ Faustine et le bel Eté / UK and USA: Faustine and the Beautiful Summer (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ L'Histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise / Colinot l'alzasottane / USA: The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Italy)

1977 ◘ Comme sur des Roulettes (also screenwriter, dialogist)

1994 ◘ Je t'aime quand même (also screenwriter, dialogist)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Tom et Julie (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Un Ours pas comme les Autres (6 X 52'; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Nuit et le Moment (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ La Muse et la Madone (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Les Dames de la Côte (5 X 90'; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Le Chef de Famille (6 X 52'; also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Deux Amies d'Enfance (3 X 90'; also screenwriter, dialogist)

1989 ◘ La Grande Cabriole (4 X 85'; also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Italy / West Germany)

1996 ◘ L'Allée du Roi (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1998 ◘ La Poursuite du Vent (3 X 100'; also screenwriter, dialogist)

2002 ◘ La Chanson du Maçon (also screenwriter, dialogist)

2007 ◘ Voici venir l'Orage (3 X 90'; also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Belgium)