Jacques Companeez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jacques Companeez

French screenwriter

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1906

Place of Birth: Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1956

Profession: screenwriter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jacques Companeez (Russian: ???? ?????????, Yaakov Kompanéyets, born in Nizhyn, Ukraine 1906–1956) 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).
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.