Nina Companeez (26 August 1937 – 9 April 2015) was a French screenwriter and film director.[1] 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.
Companeez was a long time collaborator of Michel Deville.[2] She wrote scripts for 29 films and television shows. In April 2015, she died at the age of 77.[3]
^Françoise Audé Ciné-modèles cinéma d'elles.: Situations de femmes dans le cinéma 1981 Page 77 "[Michel Deville]... Il ne se lance alors pas seul dans l'aventure : avec lui, une scénariste-dialoguiste brillante, Nina Companeez. Elle est la fille de Jacques Companeez qui fut le scénariste de Jacques Becker. Elle est, en outre, monteuse."
