



René Wheeler
Writing1912Paris, France

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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Known For
Acting History
2004
The Chorus
Original Film Writer
The Chorus
Original Story
1971
Arsène Lupin
TVAdaptation• 1 eps
Arsène Lupin
TVDialogue• 1 eps
1970
Peace in the Fields
Screenplay
1962
Crime Does Not Pay
Scenario Writer
1957
Young Girls Beware
Dialogue
Reproduction interdite
Screenplay
1956
Forgive Our Trespasses
Screenplay
Bold Adventure
Writer
1955
Rififi
Screenplay
The Wicked Go to Hell
Screenplay
1954
1953
The Love of a Woman
Writer
The Love of a Woman
Dialogue
1952
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Writer
The Seven Deadly Sins
Screenplay
1951
Robinson Crusoeland
Writer
1950
The First Weapons
Director
L'homme de joie
Writer
1949
Jour de Fête
Screenplay
1947
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Screenplay
1946
The Faceless Enemy
Screenplay
1945
A Cage of Nightingales
Screenplay
A Cage of Nightingales
Writer
1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede
Adaptation





