
Robert Wise
Known for: Directing
Born: September 10, 1914
Died: September 14, 2005
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…
Known for

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
2003

Robert Wise: American Filmmaker
2013

Salzburg Sight and Sound
1965

Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
2014

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995

Buñuel in Hollywood
2000

The Orson Welles Story
1982
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990

West Side Memories
2003
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004

Making The Earth Stand Still
2001

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009

The Stupids
1996

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997

A Century of Science Fiction
1996

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995

William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998

It's All Brazil
1997

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995

Visions of Light
1992

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997

The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014

The Oscars
1953

Great Performances
1971

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Film '72
1971

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002