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Robert Wise has been a powerful force in American movies for over six decades, first as editor of several of the cinema's most enduring classics, then as producer and director of some of the best and most memorable films of all time. Wise has characterized himself as a journeyman filmmaker, the consummate professional, but his career has been marked with enormous critical and commercial ...
Robert Wise (1914 – 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. Wise achieved critical success as a director in a striking variety of film genres: horror, noir, western, war, science fiction, musical and drama, with many repeat successes within each genre.
Sep 15, 2005 · Robert Earl Wise was born on Sept. 10, 1914, in Winchester, Ind., the son of a meatpacker and his wife. The Depression force him to quit college in 1933, and he headed for Hollywood, where his ...
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).
Robert Wise. Director: West Side Story. Robert Earl Wise was born on September 10, 1914 in Winchester, Indiana, the youngest of three sons of Olive R. (Longenecker) and Earl Waldo Wise, a meat packer. His parents were both of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) descent. At age nineteen, the avid moviegoer came into the film business through an odd job at RKO Radio Pictures. A head sound effects editor ...
Sep 1, 2023 · 10. ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959) Screenplay by Abraham Polonsky and Nelson Gidding, based on the novel by William P. McGivern. Starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame ...
Sep 15, 2005 · Producer-director Robert Wise, who brought the musicals West Side Story and The Sound of Music to life for film audiences, died Sept. 14 at the age of 91 of heart failure.
