Jacques Companéez

Emerging from the Russian Empire’s Jewish community in Nizhyn, Jacques Companeez pursued film studies in Berlin before settling in Paris in 1936. Over a career that spanned two decades, he contributed to roughly eighty screenplays, beginning with a collaboration on Jean Renoir’s adaptation of Les Bas-fonds. His versatility saw him work with directors such as Robert Siodmak on Personal Column (1939… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources