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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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Utopia

Known For

  • The Chorus
  • Rififi
  • The Big Day
  • Fanfan la Tulipe
  • Utopia
  • The Seven Deadly Sins
  • A Cage of Nightingales
  • The Wicked Go to Hell
  • Arsène Lupin
  • The Love of a Woman
  • Theodora, Slave Empress
  • Peace Over the Fields
  • The Loves of Colette
  • The Five Cents of Lavarede
  • Reproduction interdite
  • Bold Adventure
  • Les amants du pont Saint-Jean
  • Midnight... Quai de Bercy
  • La porteuse de pain
  • A Woman in White

René Wheeler 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
1951
1949
The Big Day · as Screenplay
1948
The Loves of Colette · as Screenplay
1947
1947
1946
1945
A Cage of Nightingales · as Screenplay

2003
Fanfan · as Based On 1952 Screenplay
1974
Les faucheurs de marguerites (TV Series) · as Dialogue
1971
Arsène Lupin (TV Series) · as Dialogue
1966
Polizeifunk ruft (TV Series) · as Credit Only
1965
A Woman in White · as Adaptation
1962
Crime Does Not Pay · as Scenario Writer
1957
Young Girls Beware · as Dialogue
1953
The Love of a Woman · as Dialogue
1953
1946
Histoire de chanter · as Adaptation And Dialogue
1943
Adrien · as Adaptation
1939
La famille Duraton · as Adaptation
1939
1938
Je chante · as Adaptation

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