Robert Wise
Directing
Born: September 10, 1914 · Winchester, Indiana, USA
Died: September 14, 2005 (aged 91)
Highest Rated
Biography
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 1930s to the 1990s. Often contrasted with contemporary "auteur" directors such as Stanley Kubrick who tended to bring a distinctive directorial "look" to a particular genre, Wise is famously viewed to have allowed his (sometimes studio assigned) story to dictate style. Later critics such as Martin Scorsese would go on to expand that characterization, insisting that despite Wise's notorious workaday concentration on stylistic perfection within the confines of genre and budget, his choice of subject matter and approach still functioned to identify Wise as an artist and not merely an artisan. Through whatever means, Wise's approach would bring him critical success as a director in many different traditional film genres: from horror to noir to Western to war films to science fiction, to musical and drama, with many repeat hits within each genre. Wise's tendency towards professionalism led to a degree of preparedness which, though nominally motivated by studio budget constraints, nevertheless advanced the moviemaking art, with many Academy Award-winning films the result. Robert Wise received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1998. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Wise, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Citizen Kane
1941
The Sound of Music
1965
West Side Story
1961
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
The Andromeda Strain
1971
The Haunting
1963
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
The Sand Pebbles
1966
Star!
1968
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
The Body Snatcher
1945
Photos (3)
Movies (1)
Self / Appearances (33)
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
Self · 1 eps
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Self (archive footage)
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
Self
Visions of Light
Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self
Salzburg Sight and Sound
Self
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Century of Science Fiction
Self
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Self
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
Self
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
Self
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
Self
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Self
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
Self
William Holden: The Golden Boy
Self
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Self
The Orson Welles Story
Self
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Self
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
Making The Earth Stand Still
Self
West Side Memories
Self
It's All Brazil
Self
Robert Wise: American Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
Upcoming (1)
Directing (41)
The Sound of Music
Director
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Director
West Side Story
Director
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Director
The Andromeda Strain
Director
Helen of Troy
Director
The Haunting
Director
The Sand Pebbles
Director
The Magnificent Ambersons
Assistant Director
The Set-Up
Director
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Director
The Body Snatcher
Director
Run Silent, Run Deep
Director
Mademoiselle Fifi
Director
The Hindenburg
Director
The Curse of the Cat People
Director
Odds Against Tomorrow
Director
Executive Suite
Director
Until They Sail
Director
Audrey Rose
Director
I Want to Live!
Director
Blood on the Moon
Director
Born to Kill
Director
Star!
Director
The Desert Rats
Director
Two Flags West
Director
The House on Telegraph Hill
Director
Rooftops
Director
Tribute to a Bad Man
Director
Two for the Seesaw
Director
Three Secrets
Director
Destination Gobi
Director
The Captive City
Director
Two People
Director
So Big
Director
Criminal Court
Director
This Could Be the Night
Director
Mystery in Mexico
Director
A Storm in Summer
Director
A Game of Death
Director
Something for the Birds
Director
Writing (1)
Producing (11)
The Sound of Music
Producer
The Andromeda Strain
Producer
The Haunting
Producer
The Sand Pebbles
Producer
The Hindenburg
Producer
Odds Against Tomorrow
Producer
Wisdom
Executive Producer
Two for the Seesaw
Co-Producer
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Producer
Two People
Producer
The Baby Maker
Executive Producer
Other Crew (13)
Citizen Kane
Editor
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Editor
The Magnificent Ambersons
Editor
Bachelor Mother
Editor
All That Money Can Buy
Editor
The Informer
Sound Effects Editor
My Favorite Wife
Editor
The House on Telegraph Hill
Additional Writing
Dance, Girl, Dance
Editor
Bombardier
Editor
Fifth Avenue Girl
Editor
The Fallen Sparrow
Editor
Seven Days' Leave
Editor