Robert Wise
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-09-10
Day of Death
2005-09-14 (91 years old)
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 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.
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Known For
Acting
(2014)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
(2014)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Robert Wise: American Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
(2005)
(2004)
(2003)
(2003)
West Side Memories
as Self
(2002)
(2001)
Making The Earth Stand Still
as Self
(2000)
Buñuel in Hollywood
as Self
(1999)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1998)
(1997)
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
as Self
(1997)
(1996)
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
as Self
(1996)
The Stupids
as Stanley's Neighbor
(1996)
A Century of Science Fiction
as Self
(1996)
(1995)
(1995)
(1995)
(1994)
(1992)
Visions of Light
as Self
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
(1986)
(1965)
Salzburg Sight and Sound
as Self
Crew
(2000)
A Storm in Summer
Director
(1989)
Rooftops
Director
(1986)
Wisdom
Executive Producer
(1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Director
(1977)
Audrey Rose
Director
(1975)
The Hindenburg
Director, Producer
(1973)
Two People
Director, Producer
(1971)
The Andromeda Strain
Director, Producer
(1971)
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Producer
(1970)
The Baby Maker
Executive Producer
(1968)
Star!
Director
(1966)
The Sand Pebbles
Director, Producer
(1965)
The Sound of Music
Director, Producer
(1963)
The Haunting
Director, Producer
(1962)
Two for the Seesaw
Director, Co-Producer
(1961)
West Side Story
Director, Producer
(1959)
Odds Against Tomorrow
Director, Producer
(1958)
I Want to Live!
Director
(1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep
Director
(1957)
This Could Be the Night
Director
(1957)
Until They Sail
Director
(1956)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Director
(1956)
Helen of Troy
Director
(1956)
Tribute to a Bad Man
Director
(1954)
Executive Suite
Director
(1953)
The Desert Rats
Director
(1953)
So Big
Director
(1953)
Destination Gobi
Director
(1952)
The Captive City
Director
(1952)
Something for the Birds
Director
(1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Director
(1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill
Director, Additional Writing
(1950)
Three Secrets
Director
(1950)
Two Flags West
Director
(1949)
The Set-Up
Director, Screenplay
(1948)
Blood on the Moon
Director
(1948)
Mystery in Mexico
Director
(1947)
Born to Kill
Director
(1946)
Criminal Court
Director
(1945)
The Body Snatcher
Director
(1945)
A Game of Death
Director
(1944)
The Curse of the Cat People
Director
(1944)
Mademoiselle Fifi
Director
(1943)
The Fallen Sparrow
Editor
(1943)
Bombardier
Editor
(1942)
Seven Days' Leave
Editor
(1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons
Assistant Director, Editor
(1941)
Citizen Kane
Editor
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
Editor
(1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance
Editor
(1940)
My Favorite Wife
Editor
(1939)
Fifth Avenue Girl
Editor
(1939)
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
Editor
(1935)
The Informer
Sound Effects Editor