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Also known as Robert Earl Wise

American film director, film producer and film editor (1914–2005)

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Robert Wise was an American filmmaker who worked as a director, producer, and editor from the early 20th century until his death in 2005. He is significant in cinema history as a versatile creative force who shaped major films across multiple decades and roles in filmmaking.

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  • The Jerusalem Scroll
  • Assassins
  • How to Sell the Wise Way
  • Understanding and Loving a Person with Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Deleted!

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GB
Active from
1967-09-13

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name in native language
Robert Wise
date of birth
1914-09-10
date of death
2005-09-14
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Robert Wise
start of work period
1942-00-00
birth name
Robert Earl Wise
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Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) 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.

Among his other films are The Body Snatcher (1945), Born to Kill (1947), The Set-Up (1949), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Destination Gobi (1953), This Could Be The Night (1957), Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), I Want to Live! (1958), The Haunting (1963), The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Hindenburg (1975) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).

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