Directing
Robert Wise
EN, DE, PT, NL cinema · 90 credits
Born
10 September 1914
Died
14 September 2005 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Winchester, Indiana, USA
Also known as Robert Earl Wise · Robert E. 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 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
Filmography
Monty and the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Robert Wise: American Filmmaker
as Self (archive footage)
A Storm in Summer
Director
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's All Brazil
as Self
The Stupids
as Stanley's Neighbor
Visions of Light
as Self
Rooftops
Director
Wisdom
Executive Producer
Audrey Rose
Director
The Hindenburg
Director, Producer
Two People
Director, Producer
The Andromeda Strain
Producer, Director
The Baby Maker
Executive Producer
Star!
Director
The Sand Pebbles
Director, Producer
The Sound of Music
Director, Producer
The Haunting
Director, Producer
Two for the Seesaw
Director, Co-Producer
West Side Story
Director
Odds Against Tomorrow
Producer, Director
I Want to Live!
Director
Run Silent, Run Deep
Director
Until They Sail
Director
Helen of Troy
Director
Tribute to a Bad Man
Director
Executive Suite
Director
The Desert Rats
Director
So Big
Director
Destination Gobi
Director
The Captive City
Director
The House on Telegraph Hill
Director, Additional Writing
Three Secrets
Director
Two Flags West
Director
The Set-Up
Screenplay, Director
Blood on the Moon
Director
Mystery in Mexico
Director
Born to Kill
Director
Criminal Court
Director
The Body Snatcher
Director
A Game of Death
Director
Mademoiselle Fifi
Director
Bombardier
Editor
The Magnificent Ambersons
Assistant Director, Editor
Citizen Kane
Editor
The Informer
Sound Effects Editor