Romain Compingt

Romain Compingt is the youngest graduate of the CEEA (European Conservatory of Audiovisual Writing).

POPULAIRE by Régis Roinsard (5 nominations at the 2013 Césars, the Audience’s Prize at COLCOA and also the Tokyo French Film Festival & San Francisco International Film Festival), is his first work to be released on screens. He then co-wrote DIVINES with director Houda Benyamina, working also as artistic collaborator on the film. DIVINES won the Golden Camera at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and Best First Film  at the 2017 Césars.

The same year, he co-wrote Holy Fatma’s PLEASE LOVE ME FOREVER which won the Best short film award at the Screamfest in Los Angeles. He collaborated again with Régis Roinsard for EN ATTENDANT BOJANGLES (2022) and signs the adaptation & dialogues of Vincent Cardona’s first film, MAGNETIC BEATS, (SACD prize at 2021 Cannes Director’s Fortnight, Ornano Valenti Prize at Deauville film festival 2021, 2022 César for Best First Film).

Romain is also a consultant – LA FILLE DE BREST by Emmanuelle Bercot (2016), and TREAT ME LIKE FIRE by Marie Monge (2018 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight), among others – and a playwright for Tutu, a contemporary dance performance by Philippe Lafeuille (Audience Award – Avignon 2015).