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.
Filmography
all 90
Movies 86
Director 38
self 31
Producer 7
TV Shows 4
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins (2014)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Robert Wise: American Filmmaker (2013)
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009)
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005)
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004)
The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film (2003)
West Side Memories (2003)
A Storm in Summer (2000)
Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)
Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs (1998)
Hollywood: Aliens & Monsters (1997)
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997)
20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
100 Years of Horror (1996)
The Stupids (1996)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996)
A Century of Science Fiction (1996)
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker (1995)
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir (1995)
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994)
Visions of Light (1992)
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989)
Rooftops (1989)
The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood (1987)
Wisdom (1986)
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1985)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Audrey Rose (1977)
The Hindenburg (1975)
Two People (1973)
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Great Performances (1971)
The Baby Maker (1970)
Star! (1968)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Salzburg Sight and Sound (1965)
The Haunting (1963)
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
West Side Story (1961)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
I Want to Live! (1958)
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
Until They Sail (1957)
This Could Be the Night (1957)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
Helen of Troy (1956)
Executive Suite (1954)
So Big (1953)
Return to Paradise (1953)
The Desert Rats (1953)
Destination Gobi (1953)
The Oscars (1953)
Something for the Birds (1952)
The Captive City (1952)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Three Secrets (1950)
Two Flags West (1950)
The Set-Up (1949)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Mystery in Mexico (1948)
Born to Kill (1947)
Criminal Court (1946)
A Game of Death (1945)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Bombardier (1943)
Seven Days' Leave (1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
All That Money Can Buy (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
My Favorite Wife (1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
5th Ave Girl (1939)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Top Hat (1935)
The Informer (1935)
Making The Earth Stand Still
Ratings
Gallery
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1914-09-10
Deathday2005-09-14 (91 years old)
Birth NameRobert Earl Wise
Birth PlaceWinchester, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Picture, Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, AFI Life Achievement Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, National Medal of Arts, Directors Guild of America Award
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
- Robert Wise
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons