Compain, Frédéric

(July 4, 1954, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France - )

   He made his apprenticeship shooting shorts. Other credits (as actor): 1980 Une Voix (short, Dominique Crèvecoeur); 2004 Le Fantôme d'Henri Langlois / USA: Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque (documentary, as himself, Jacques Richard); (as cinematographer): 2003 Volvoreta (documentary, Alberto Yaccelini, Argentina).

 Filmography

1980 ◘ Du Crime considéré comme un des Beaux-Arts (short; also screenwriter)

1987 ◘ Résidence surveillée (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

 Television Filmography

        ◘ Techniques de l'Encerclement: Résistance (short; segment "Alain Robbe-Grillet"; also screenwriter, technical adviser)

        ◘ Les Discours du Maître (also screenwriter)

        ◘ L'Eden Palace (also screenwriter)

1978 ◘ La Grande Crue de 1910 (short; also screenwriter, editor)

        ◘ Notes pour une Enquête (short; also screenwriter, editor)

        ◘ Jean Raine, Artiste peintre (documentary; short; also screenwriter, editor)

        ◘ Télé-Test (short; segment "Anomalies"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Télévision de Chambre (episode "Hughie"; also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)

        ◘ Buenos-Aires Allers-Retours (documentary fic­tion; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Mécène (short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Raymond Depardon / Holger Trulsch / Gilbert Fas-tenaekens (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Journal de Patagonie (documentary)

1988 ◘ Portrait de Jean-Manuel Fangio (documentary; short)

        ◘ Parana (documentary; also screenwriter, nar­rator)

        ◘ Projections (short; also co-screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Monstre aimé

1991 ◘ Devenir (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Chercheur de Plumes (documentary; short; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Ile de Pâques (documentary; short)

        ◘ Berau sur les Traces de Joseph Conrad (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter, co-narrator)

        ◘ L'étais à Toulouse (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Les Clés de la Ville (documentary)

        ◘ La Femme piégée

        ◘ Division Street, Chicago U.S.A.—En suivant Rob­ert Guinan (documentary)

        ◘ Elvis Aziz

        ◘ Saïd Taghmaoui, Portrait en Acteur (documentary; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer, editor)

1996 ◘ Le Long du Rhin (documentary; short)

        ◘ Un Comte, deux Fées (documentary; short)

        ◘ Voyage d'un Français de l'Intérieur (documentary; also screenwriter, cinematographer, editor)

        ◘ Les Enfants d'abord (documentary; short; segment "Mother India")

        ◘ Montoneros—Une Histoire argentine (documentary; also interviewer, co-narrator)

        ◘ Delacroix: Mes Dernières Années (et quelques Autres) (documentary; short; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (segment "Alain Robbe-Grillet"; also screenwriter, interviewer)

1999 ◘ La Bataille de la Pyramide (documentary; short; also screenwriter, interviewer)

        ◘ Loyages, Voyages (documentary; short; segment "Java central"; also screenwriter, cinematographer, sound engineer, narrator)

2000 ◘ Commis d'Office: La Justice au Quotidien (documentary; also cinematographer)

        ◘ Architectures (documentary; short; segment "Bauhaus (par Walter Gropius)"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Voyages, Voyages (documentary; short; segment "En passant par l'Uruguay"; also cinematographer, sound engineer, narrator)

        ◘ Architectures (documentary; short; segment "Le Bâtiment Johnson"; also screenwriter)

2001 ◘ La Bourse ou la Vie (fiction documentary; short; segment "Cindy rêve d'Argent"; also screenwriter, narrator)

        ◘ Gallimard, une Maison (documentary; short; also screenwriter, narrator)

        ◘ Le Général oublié (documentary)

        ◘ 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 X 60'; also co-screenwriter)

        ◘ Architectures (documentary fiction; short; segment "La casa Mila"; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Monde selon Brice (documentary fiction; short; also screenwriter, cinematographer)

        ◘ Lish Time (documentary fiction; short; also co-screenwriter, narrator)

        ◘ Nathalie perd le Nord (fiction documentary; short)

        ◘ Paroles de Justice (documentary; 19 X I')

        ◘ L'Alhambra (documentary; short)

        ◘ Les Fantômes de l'Odéon (documentary; short)

        ◘ Carole, Grande-Bretagne (documentary; short)

        ◘ Cité à la Casse (documentary; short)

        ◘ Versailles Vision (documentary)

        ◘ 12 Fois Java / 4 Fois Singapour (16 X 10' documentary)

        ◘ Nos 100 Ans (documentary)

        ◘ Naissance d'une Démocratie (documentary)