René Wheeler
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-02-08
Day of Death
2000-12-11 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
René Wheeler
Biography
René Wheeler (8 February 1912 - 11 December 2000) was a French screenwriter and film director. He co-wrote the story of the film A Cage of Nightingales (1945) with Georges Chaperot, for which they both received an Academy Award nomination in 1947. Their story would later serve as an inspiration for the hugely successful film The Chorus (2004). Wheeler also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1955 heist film Rififi.
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Crew
(2004)
The Chorus
Original Film Writer
(1970)
Peace in the Fields
Screenplay
(1963)
Chicken Soup
Adaptation
(1962)
Crime Does Not Pay
Scenario Writer
(1960)
Towards Ecstasy
Director, Writer
(1957)
Reproduction interdite
Screenplay
(1957)
Young Girls Beware
Dialogue
(1956)
Forgive Our Trespasses
Screenplay
(1956)
Bold Adventure
Writer
(1955)
Rififi
Screenplay
(1955)
The Wicked Go to Hell
Screenplay
(1954)
Castles in Spain
Director, Writer
(1954)
Theodora, Slave Empress
Screenplay
(1953)
Midnight... Quai de Bercy
Dialogue
(1953)
The Love of a Woman
Writer, Dialogue
(1952)
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Writer
(1952)
The Seven Deadly Sins
Screenplay
(1951)
Utopia
Writer
(1950)
The First Weapons
Director
(1950)
L'homme de joie
Writer
(1949)
Jour de Fête
Screenplay
(1948)
The Loves of Colette
Screenplay
(1947)
Danger of Death
Writer
(1947)
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Screenplay
(1946)
Alert Nights
Writer
(1946)
The Faceless Enemy
Screenplay
(1945)
A Cage of Nightingales
Screenplay, Writer
(1943)
A Star to the Sun
Screenplay
(1939)
The Five Cents of Lavarede
Adaptation