- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 10, 1914
- Place of Birth
- Winchester, Indiana, USA
- Died
- September 14, 2005
Robert Wise
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 suc…
Filmography
movieMagician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieMonster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
2014 · Self
movieMonster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 · Self (archive footage)
movieRobert Wise: American Filmmaker
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieGlanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009 · Self
movieShadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005 · Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
movieMänner im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004 · Self
movieThe Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
2003 · Self
movieWest Side Memories
2003 · Self
movieAFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002 · Self
movieMaking The Earth Stand Still
2001 · Self
movieBuñuel in Hollywood
2000 · Self
movieA Storm in Summer
2000 · Director
movieHollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998 · Self
movieIt's All Brazil
1997 · Self
movieLugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997 · Self
movieTwentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997 · Self
movieThe Stupids
1996 · Stanley's Neighbor
movieShirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · Self
movieThe Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996 · Self
movieA Century of Science Fiction
1996 · Self
movieDarryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995 · Self
movieDark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995 · Self
movieWild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995 · Self
movieMae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Self
movieVisions of Light
1992 · Self
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
movieWith Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990 · Self
movieSteve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990 · Self
movieWilliam Holden: The Golden Boy
1989 · Self
movieRooftops
1989 · Director
tvThe RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987 · Self
movieWisdom
1986 · Executive Producer
movieThe Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986 · Self
movieThe Orson Welles Story
1982 · Self
movieStar Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 · Director
movieAudrey Rose
1977 · Director
movieThe Hindenburg
1975 · Director, Producer
movieTwo People
1973 · Director, Producer
movieHappy Birthday, Wanda June
1971 · Producer
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
movieThe Andromeda Strain
1971 · Director, Producer
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
movieThe Baby Maker
1970 · Executive Producer
movieStar!
1968 · Director
movieThe Sand Pebbles
1966 · Director, Producer
movieThe Sound of Music
1965 · Director, Producer
movieSalzburg Sight and Sound
1965 · Self
movieThe Haunting
1963 · Director, Producer
movieTwo for the Seesaw
1962 · Director, Co-Producer
movieWest Side Story
1961 · Director
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieOdds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Director, Producer
movieI Want to Live!
1958 · Director
movieRun Silent, Run Deep
1958 · Director
movieUntil They Sail
1957 · Director
movieThis Could Be the Night
1957 · Director
movieSomebody Up There Likes Me
1956 · Director
movieTribute to a Bad Man
1956 · Director
movieHelen of Troy
1956 · Director
movieExecutive Suite
1954 · Director
movieSo Big
1953 · Director
movieThe Desert Rats
1953 · Director
movieDestination Gobi
1953 · Director
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieSomething for the Birds
1952 · Director
movieThe Captive City
1952 · Director
movieThe Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 · Director
movieThe House on Telegraph Hill
1951 · Director, Additional Writing
movieThree Secrets
1950 · Director
movieTwo Flags West
1950 · Director
movieThe Set-Up
1949 · Director, Screenplay
movieBlood on the Moon
1948 · Director
movieMystery in Mexico
1948 · Director
movieBorn to Kill
1947 · Director
movieCriminal Court
1946 · Director
movieA Game of Death
1945 · Director
movieThe Body Snatcher
1945 · Director
movieMademoiselle Fifi
1944 · Director
movieThe Curse of the Cat People
1944 · Director
movieThe Fallen Sparrow
1943 · Editor
movieBombardier
1943 · Editor
movieSeven Days' Leave
1942 · Editor
movieThe Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Assistant Director, Editor
movieAll That Money Can Buy
1941 · Editor
movieCitizen Kane
1941 · Editor
movieDance, Girl, Dance
1940 · Editor
movieMy Favorite Wife
1940 · Editor
movieFifth Avenue Girl
1939 · Editor
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939 · Editor
movieBachelor Mother
1939 · Editor
movieThe Informer
1935 · Sound Effects Editor