René Wheeler

from Paris, 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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Timeline

2004Aged 92

  • Poster for The Chorus

    Original Story

1972Aged 60

  • Poster for Peace in the Fields

    Screenplay

1963Aged 51

  • Poster for Chicken Soup

    Adaptation

1962Aged 50

  • Poster for Crime Does Not Pay

    Scenario Writer

1960Aged 48

  • Poster for Towards Ecstasy

    Writer

1957Aged 45

  • Poster for Reproduction interdite

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Young Girls Beware

    Dialogue

1956Aged 44

  • Poster for Forgive Our Trespasses

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Bold Adventure

    Writer

1955Aged 43

  • Poster for Rififi

    Screenplay

  • Poster for The Wicked Go to Hell

    Screenplay

1954Aged 42

  • Poster for Theodora, Slave Empress

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Castles in Spain

    Writer

1953Aged 41

  • Poster for Midnight... Quai de Bercy

    Dialogue

  • Poster for The Love of a Woman

    Writer

1952Aged 40

  • Poster for Fan-Fan the Tulip

    Writer

  • Poster for The Seven Deadly Sins

    Screenplay

1951Aged 39

  • Poster for Robinson Crusoeland

    Writer

1950Aged 38

  • Poster for The First Weapons

    Director

  • Poster for L'homme de joie

    Writer

1949Aged 37

  • Poster for Jour de Fête

    Screenplay

1948Aged 36

  • Poster for The Loves of Colette

    Screenplay

1947Aged 35

  • Poster for Danger of Death

    Writer

  • Poster for The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean

    Screenplay

1946Aged 34

  • Poster for Alert Nights

    Writer

  • Poster for The Faceless Enemy

    Screenplay

1945Aged 33

  • Poster for A Cage of Nightingales

    Writer

1943Aged 31

  • Poster for A Star to the Sun

    Screenplay

1939Aged 27

  • Poster for The Five Cents of Lavarede

    Adaptation