09/10/1914
Winchester, Indiana, USA:
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Wise, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
A Storm in Summer (2000) Director |
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Rooftops (1989) Director |
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Wisdom (1986) Executive Producer |
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Director |
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Audrey Rose (1977) Director |
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The Hindenburg (1975) Director |
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The Hindenburg (1975) Producer |
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Two People (1973) Director |
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Two People (1973) Producer |
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Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971) Producer |
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The Andromeda Strain (1971) Director |
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The Andromeda Strain (1971) Producer |
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The Baby Maker (1970) Executive Producer |
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Star! (1968) Director |
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The Sand Pebbles (1966) Director |
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The Sand Pebbles (1966) Producer |
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The Sound of Music (1965) Director |
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The Sound of Music (1965) Producer |
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The Haunting (1963) Director |
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The Haunting (1963) Producer |
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Two for the Seesaw (1962) Director |
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Two for the Seesaw (1962) Co-Producer |
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West Side Story (1961) Director |
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West Side Story (1961) Producer |
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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Director |
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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Producer |
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I Want to Live! (1958) Director |
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Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) Director |
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Until They Sail (1957) Director |
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This Could Be the Night (1957) Director |
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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) Director |
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Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) Director |
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Helen of Troy (1956) Director |
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Executive Suite (1954) Director |
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So Big (1953) Director |
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The Desert Rats (1953) Director |
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Destination Gobi (1953) Director |
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Something for the Birds (1952) Director |
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The Captive City (1952) Director |
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Director |
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The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) Director |
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The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) Additional Writing |
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Three Secrets (1950) Director |
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Two Flags West (1950) Director |
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The Set-Up (1949) Director |
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The Set-Up (1949) Screenplay |
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Blood on the Moon (1948) Director |
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Mystery in Mexico (1948) Director |
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Born to Kill (1947) Director |
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Criminal Court (1946) Director |
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A Game of Death (1945) Director |
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The Body Snatcher (1945) Director |
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Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) Director |
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The Curse of the Cat People (1944) Director |
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The Fallen Sparrow (1943) Editor |
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Bombardier (1943) Editor |
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Seven Days' Leave (1942) Editor |
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Editor |
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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Assistant Director |
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All That Money Can Buy (1941) Editor |
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Citizen Kane (1941) Editor |
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Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) Editor |
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My Favorite Wife (1940) Editor |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) Editor |
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5th Ave Girl (1939) Editor |
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Bachelor Mother (1939) Editor |
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Top Hat (1935) Sound Effects Editor |
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The Informer (1935) Sound Effects Editor |