Biography
Robert Earl Wise was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane (1941) and directed and produced The Sand Pebbles (1966), which was nominated for Best Picture.
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Awards & recognition
- AFI Life Achievement Award · 1998
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · 1967
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1966
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1966
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1962
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- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1962
- Directors Guild of America Award
- National Medal of Arts
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1967 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1966 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1962 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1959 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1942 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Citizen Kane
The Sound of Music
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
The Day the Earth Stood Still
The Set-Up
Seven Days' Leave
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
The Sand Pebbles
West Side Story
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Bachelor Mother
The Andromeda Strain
The Haunting
Executive Suite
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
The Body Snatcher
The Devil and Daniel Webster
My Favorite Wife
Fifth Avenue Girl
A Century of Science Fiction
I Want to Live!
Run Silent Run Deep
Odds Against Tomorrow
The Informer
Born to Kill
Two for the Seesaw
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
A Game of Death
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
The House on Telegraph Hill
Dance, Girl, Dance
The Hindenburg
Until They Sail
Helen of Troy
The Desert Rats
Blood on the Moon
The Curse of the Cat People
Great Performances
This Could Be the Night
The Captive City
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Destination Gobi
Audrey Rose
Bombardier
The Stupids
Rooftops
Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her