About
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...
Known for
The Sound of MusicMovie • 1965
Citizen KaneMovie • 1941
Star Trek: The Motion PictureMovie • 1979
West Side StoryMovie • 1961
The Day the Earth Stood StillMovie • 1951
The HauntingMovie • 1963
Blood on the MoonMovie • 1948
The Andromeda StrainMovie • 1971
The Hunchback of Notre DameMovie • 1939
Helen of TroyMovie • 1956
The Sand PebblesMovie • 1966
The Magnificent AmbersonsMovie • 1942
Audrey RoseMovie • 1977
Star!Movie • 1968
The HindenburgMovie • 1975
The StupidsMovie • 1996
Run Silent, Run DeepMovie • 1958
The Body SnatcherMovie • 1945
Somebody Up There Likes MeMovie • 1956
Bachelor MotherMovie • 1939
My Favorite WifeMovie • 1940
Until They SailMovie • 1957
I Want to Live!Movie • 1958
BombardierMovie • 1943