René Wheeler
29 movies · 5 TV shows
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- Feb 8, 1912
- Died
- Dec 11, 2000 (age 88)
- 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.
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
René Wheeler: movies and TV shows
Behind the camera (34)
- 2004 The Chorus
Original Film Writer, Original Story
- 1980
- 1973
- 1972 Peace in the Fields
Screenplay
- 1971
- 1971
- 1966
- 1963 Chicken Soup
Adaptation
- 1962 Crime Does Not Pay
Scenario Writer
- 1960 Towards Ecstasy
Director, Writer
- 1957 Young Girls Beware
Dialogue
- 1957 Reproduction interdite
Screenplay
- 1956 Bold Adventure
Writer
- 1956 Forgive Our Trespasses
Screenplay
- 1955 The Wicked Go to Hell
Screenplay
- 1955 Rififi
Screenplay
- 1954 Castles in Spain
Director, Writer
- 1954 Theodora, Slave Empress
Screenplay
- 1953 The Love of a Woman
Writer, Dialogue
- 1953 Midnight... Quai de Bercy
Dialogue
- 1952 The Seven Deadly Sins
Screenplay
- 1952 Fan-Fan the Tulip
Writer
- 1951 Robinson Crusoeland
Writer
- 1950 L'homme de joie
Writer
- 1950 The First Weapons
Director
- 1949 Jour de Fête
Screenplay
- 1948 The Loves of Colette
Screenplay
- 1947 The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
Screenplay
- 1947 Danger of Death
Writer
- 1946 The Faceless Enemy
Screenplay
- 1946 Alert Nights
Writer
- 1945 A Cage of Nightingales
Screenplay, Writer
- 1943 A Star to the Sun
Screenplay
- 1939 The Five Cents of Lavarede
Adaptation