# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-wheeler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:15:11.930Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-wheeler"
name: "René Wheeler"
slug: "rene-wheeler"
description: "René Wheeler 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."
tagline: "French screenwriter (1912–2000)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1912-02-08"
deathDate: "2000-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.15
  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           7.672822666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0923941/"
    handle:    "nm0923941"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Wheeler"
    title: "René Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC)"
    title: "رينيه ويلر (مخرج)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "رينيه ويلر (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Wheeler"
    title: "René Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Wheeler"
    title: "René Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%87_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "رنه ویلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Wheeler"
    title: "René Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Wheeler"
    title: "René Wheeler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2695507"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14229"
    title: "René Wheeler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump