René Wheeler

René Wheeler

  • Birthday: 1912-02-08
  • Deathday: 2000-12-11
  • Place of birth: 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. Source: Article "René Wheeler" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Production

Castles in Spain

1954

As Director

The First Weapons

1950

As Director

Towards Ecstasy

1960

As Director

Rififi

1955

As Screenplay

Jour de fête

1949

As Screenplay

The Five Cents of Lavarede

1939

As Adaptation

Crime Does Not Pay

1962

As Scenario Writer

Fan-Fan the Tulip

1952

As Writer

The Chorus

2004

As Story

The Faceless Enemy

1946

As Screenplay

Bold Adventure

1956

As Writer

Peace in the Fields

1970

As Screenplay

Young Girls Beware

1957

As Dialogue

L'Homme de joie

1950

As Writer

Towards Ecstasy

1960

As Writer

The Love of a Woman

1953

As Writer

The Love of a Woman

1953

As Dialogue

A Star to the Sun

1943

As Screenplay

The Loves of Colette

1948

As Screenplay

Utopia

1951

As Writer

Alert Nights

1946

As Writer

Forgive Our Trespasses

1956

As Screenplay

The Wicked Go to Hell

1955

As Screenplay

Danger of Death

1947

As Writer

Chicken Soup

1963

As Adaptation

Theodora, Slave Empress

1954

As Screenplay

The Seven Deadly Sins

1952

As Screenplay

Midnight... Quai de Bercy

1953

As Dialogue

Reproduction interdite

1957

As Screenplay

Castles in Spain

1954

As Writer

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