René Wheeler

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1912-02-08

Deathday 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. Source: Article "René Wheeler" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Writer

2004
The Chorus

as Story

1973
1971
Arsène Lupin

as Adaptation

1971
Arsène Lupin

as Dialogue

1970
Peace in the Fields

as Screenplay

1963
Chicken Soup

as Adaptation

1962
Crime Does Not Pay

as Scenario Writer

1960
Towards Ecstasy

as Writer

1957
1957
Young Girls Beware

as Dialogue

1956
1956
Bold Adventure

as Writer

1955
Rififi

as Screenplay

1955
The Wicked Go to Hell

as Screenplay

1954
1954
1953
1953
1952
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins

as Screenplay

1951
Utopia

as Writer

1950
L'homme de joie

as Writer

1949
Jour de Fête

as Screenplay

1948
The Loves of Colette

as Screenplay

1947
Danger of Death

as Writer

1946
Alert Nights

as Writer

1946
The Faceless Enemy

as Screenplay

1945
1943
A Star to the Sun

as Screenplay

1939

Director

1960
Towards Ecstasy

as Director

1954
Castles in Spain

as Director

1950
The First Weapons

as Director

Creator

1973
1966