Robert Wise

Birthday:

09/10/1914

Place of birth:

Winchester, Indiana, USA:

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.   Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Wise, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.



Credits

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