Georges Chaperot

{{Short description|French screenwriter (1902–1970)}} {{Infobox person | name = Georges Chaperot | birth_date = {{Birth date text|21 April 1902}} | birth_place = Brest, France | death_date = {{Death date text|16 July 1970}} | death_place = Montargis, France | occupation = Screenwriter }}

'''Georges Chaperot''' (21 April 1902 – 16 July 1970) was a French screenwriter who co-wrote the story of the film ''A Cage of Nightingales'' (1945) with René Wheeler, for which they both received an Academy Award nomination in 1947.<ref name="Oscars1948">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948 |title=The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-08-18 |publisher=Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093801/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/20th-winners.html |archivedate=6 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their story would later serve as an inspiration for the hugely successful film ''The Chorus'' (2004).

==Selected filmography== * ''Moutonnet'' (1936) * ''The Innocent'' (1938) * ''Paid Holidays'' (1938) * ''The Murdered Model'' (1948)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0152145}} *[http://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=131467 Georges Chaperot's profile at the Swedish Film Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaperot, Georges}} Category:French male screenwriters Category:20th-century French screenwriters Category:1902 births Category:1970 deaths Category:20th-century French male writers