René Wheeler (8 February 1912 - 11 December 2000) was a French

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

and

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. He co-wrote the story of the film '' A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) with Georges Chaperot, for which they both received an

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nomination in

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...

. 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 ''Rififi'' (french: Du rififi chez les hommes) is a 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton's novel of the same name. Directed by American blacklisted filmmaker Jules Dassin, the film stars Jean Servais as the aging gangster Tony ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

Moutonnet ''Moutonnet'' is a 1936 French comedy film directed by René Sti and starring Noël-Noël, Lucien Rozenberg and Michel Simon.Crisp p.408 Cast * Noël-Noël as Moutonnet et Mérac * Lucien Rozenberg as Dumonthal * Michel Simon as Frèchevi ...

'' (1936) * '' Night Warning'' (1946) * '' The Faceless Enemy'' (1946) * '' The Winner's Circle'' (1950) * ''

The Love of a Woman ''The Love of a Woman'' (French: ''L'amour d'une femme'', Italian: ''L'amore di una donna'') is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Micheline Presle, Massimo Girotti and Gaby Morlay.The A to Z of French Cine ...

'' (1953) * '' Double or Quits'' (1953) * ''

'' (1955) * ''

The Restless and the Damned ''The Restless and the Damned'' (also known as ''L'Ambitieuse'') is a 1959 French-Australian film co produced by Lee Robinson. It was shot on location in Tahiti and the Tuamotu Islands. There are French and English-language versions. Synopsis I ...

'' (1959) * ''

A Woman in White ''A Woman in White'' (French: ''Le Journal d'une femme en blanc'') is a 1965 French-Italian drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Marie-José Nat, Jean Valmont and Claude Gensac. It was written by Jean Aurenche and André Soubi ...

'' (1965)

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* French male screenwriters 20th-century French screenwriters French film directors 1912 births 2000 deaths 20th-century French male writers {{France-film-director-stub