
Robert Wise
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday10 September 1914
Died14 September 2005 (age 91)
Place of birthWinchester, Indiana, USA
Known credits95
Biography
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 …

For the Love of Star Trek
2026 · Self

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 · Self (archive footage)

Robert Wise: American Filmmaker
2013 · Self (archive footage)

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009 · Self

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005 · Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004 · Self

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
2003 · Self

West Side Memories
2003 · Self

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

Making The Earth Stand Still
2001 · Self

Buñuel in Hollywood
2000 · Self

A Storm in Summer
2000 · Director

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998 · Self

It's All Brazil
1997 · Self

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997 · Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997 · Self

The Stupids
1996 · Stanley's Neighbor

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · Self

The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996 · Self

A Century of Science Fiction
1996 · Self

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995 · Self

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995 · Self

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995 · Self

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Self

Visions of Light
1992 · Self
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990 · Self

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990 · Self

William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989 · Self

Rooftops
1989 · Director

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987 · Self

Wisdom
1986 · Executive Producer

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986 · Self

The Orson Welles Story
1982 · Self

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
Film '72
1971 · Self

The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Director

The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Producer

Great Performances
1971 · Self

The Baby Maker
1970 · Executive Producer
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