Robert Wise

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-09-10 (91 years old)

Deathday

2005-09-14

Place of Birth

Winchester, Indiana, USA

Robert Wise

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor, film editor, film producer and director. He won Academy Awards as Best Director for The Sound of Music (1965) and West Side Story (1961) as well as nominations as Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane (1941) and Best Picture for The Sand Pebbles (1966). Among his other films are Born to Kill; Destination Gobi; The Hindenburg; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Run Silent, Run Deep; The Andromeda Strain; The Set-Up; The Haunting; and The Body Snatcher. Wise's working period spanned the...

Acting

1999

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992

2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1996

The Stupids

as Stanley's Neighbor

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Robert Wise: American Filmmaker

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1941

Citizen Kane

as Editor

1961

West Side Story

as Director

1961

West Side Story

as Producer

1939

1971

1971

1945

1966

The Sand Pebbles

as Director

1963

The Haunting

as Director

1963

The Haunting

as Producer

1959

1959

1947

Born to Kill

as Director

1943

1958

I Want to Live!

as Director

1953

The Desert Rats

as Director

1948

1956

Helen of Troy

as Director

1965

1954

Executive Suite

as Director

1950

Three Secrets

as Director

1946

Criminal Court

as Director

1952

The Captive City

as Director

1949

The Set-Up

as Director

1949

The Set-Up

as Screenplay

1975

The Hindenburg

as Director

1977

Audrey Rose

as Director

1958

1953

So Big

as Director

1968

Star!

as Director

1956

1962

1944

1953

Destination Gobi

as Director

1950

Two Flags West

as Director

1957

Until They Sail

as Director

1945

A Game of Death

as Director

2000

1948

1973

Two People

as Director

1986

Wisdom

as Executive Producer

1942

1943

Bombardier

as Editor

1989

Rooftops

as Director

1939

1970

The Baby Maker

as Executive Producer

1966

The Sand Pebbles

as Producer

1973

Two People

as Producer

1975

The Hindenburg

as Producer

1965

1951

The House on Telegraph Hill

as Additional Writing

1942

The Magnificent Ambersons

as Assistant Director

1940

1940

1962

Two for the Seesaw

as Co-Producer

1935

The Informer

as Sound Effects Editor

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