Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

248 • COMPANÉEZ, NINA
Architectures (documentary; short; segment
“Le Bâtiment Johnson”; also screenwriter)
2001 La Bourse ou la Vie (fi ction documentary; short;
segment “Cindy rêve d’Argent”; also screenwriter,
narrator)
Gallimard, une Maison (documentary; short;
also screenwriter, narrator)
Le Général oublié (documentary)
2002 L’Ecume des Villes (documentary; short; segment
“L’Ecume de Buenos-Aires”; co-director
with Francis Huertas; also co-screenwriter)
Le Temps des Juges (documentary; 2 60'; also
co-screenwriter)
2003 Architectures (documentary fi ction; short; segment
“La casa Mila”; also screenwriter)
Le Monde selon Brice (documentary fi ction;
short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)
Irish Time (documentary fi ction; short; also coscreenwriter,
narrator)
2004 Nathalie perd le Nord (fi ction documentary;
short)
2005 Paroles de Justice (documentary; 19 1')
L’Alhambra (documentary; short)
2006 Les Fantômes de l’Odéon (documentary; short)
Carole, Grande-Bretagne (documentary; short)
Cité à la Casse (documentary; short)
Versailles Vision (documentary)
2007 12 Fois Java / 4 Fois Singapour (16 10' documentary)
Nos 100 Ans (documentary)
Naissance d’une Démocratie (documentary)
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
fi lm editor. In 1960, she met young director Michel
Deville and co-wrote a dozen of his fi lms (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 Zärtliche
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, dialogist,
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 fi lmmaker 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
1972 Faustine et le bel Eté / UK and USA: Faustine
and the Beautiful Summer (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1973 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
1977 Tom et Julie (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1978 Un Ours pas comme les Autres (6 52'; also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1979 La Nuit et le Moment (also screenwriter, dialogist)
La Muse et la Madone (also screenwriter, dialogist)
Les Dames de la Côte (5 90'; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1982 Le Chef de Famille (6 52'; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1983 Deux Amies d’Enfance (3 90'; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1989 La Grande Cabriole (4 85'; also screenwriter,
dialogist; France / Italy / West Germany)
1996 L’Allée du Roi (also screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1998 La Poursuite du Vent (3 100'; also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2002 La Chanson du Maçon (also screenwriter, dialogist)