René Wheeler

{{Short description|French screenwriter and film director}}

{{Infobox person

|name=René Wheeler

|birth_date=8 February 1912

|birth_place=France

|death_date={{death date and age|df=y|2000|12|11|1912|2|8}}

|death_place=France

|occupation=Screenwriter, film director

}}

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.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=Rififi (1955) Screen: Tough Paris Crime Story; 'Rififi,' About a Jewel Theft, at Fine Arts|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|authorlink=Bosley Crowther|date=June 6, 1956|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9806EFDF133EE63ABC4E53DFB066838D649EDE}}