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René Wheeler

Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Born February 8, 1912Died December 11, 2000 (88 years)
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

  • Rififi
  • The Chorus
  • Fanfan la Tulipe
  • Jour de fête
  • The House in the Woods
  • The Seven Deadly Sins
  • The Wicked Go to Hell
  • Utopia
  • A Cage of Nightingales
  • Theodora, Slave Empress
  • The Love of a Woman
  • Arsène Lupin
  • Peace Over the Fields
  • The Loves of Colette
  • Bold Adventure
  • The Five Cents of Lavarede
  • Reproduction interdite
  • La porteuse de pain
  • Les Mystères de Paris
  • Midnight... Quai de Bercy

Filmography

2004
The Chorus · as Original Film Writer
1980
1973
1971
1970
Peace Over the Fields · as Screenplay
1960
1957
Reproduction interdite · as Screenplay
1956
1955
The Wicked Go to Hell · as Screenplay
1955
Rififi · as Screenplay
1954
Theodora, Slave Empress · as Screenplay
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins · as Screenplay
1952
1950
1949
Jour de fête · as Screenplay
1948
The Loves of Colette · as Screenplay
1947
1947
1946
1945
A Cage of Nightingales · as Screenplay

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