# Georges Chaperot

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{{Short description|French screenwriter (1902–1970)}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Georges Chaperot
| birth_date    = {{Birth date text|21 April 1902}}
| birth_place   = [Brest](/source/Brest%2C_France), [France](/source/France)
| death_date    = {{Death date text|16 July 1970}} 
| death_place   = [Montargis](/source/Montargis), [France](/source/France)
| occupation    = Screenwriter
}}

'''Georges Chaperot''' (21 April 1902 – 16 July 1970) was a [French](/source/French_people) [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter) who co-wrote the story of the film ''[A Cage of Nightingales](/source/A_Cage_of_Nightingales)'' (1945) with [René Wheeler](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Wheeler), for which they both received an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Story) nomination in [1947](/source/20th_Academy_Awards).<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](/source/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](/source/The_Chorus_(2004_film))'' (2004).

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Moutonnet](/source/Moutonnet)'' (1936)
* ''[The Innocent](/source/The_Innocent_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[Paid Holidays](/source/Paid_Holidays_(film))'' (1938)
* ''[The Murdered Model](/source/The_Murdered_Model)'' (1948)

==References==
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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]

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Category:French male screenwriters
Category:20th-century French screenwriters
Category:1902 births
Category:1970 deaths
Category:20th-century French male writers

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