Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
February 8, 1912
Died
December 11, 2000 (88 years old)
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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Known For
Writing

The Chorus
Original Film Writer, Original Story
2004

Arsène Lupin
Dialogue, Adaptation
1971

Crime Does Not Pay
Scenario Writer
1962

Rififi
Screenplay
1955

Theodora, Slave Empress
Screenplay
1954

The Love of a Woman
Dialogue, Writer
1953

The Seven Deadly Sins
Screenplay
1952

Fan-Fan the Tulip
Writer
1952

Robinson Crusoeland
Writer
1951

Jour de Fête
Screenplay
1949

A Cage of Nightingales
Screenplay, Writer
1945