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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).
Robert Wise, American movie director and producer whose many works include successful films of nearly every genre, though he is best remembered for the two blockbuster musicals West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965).
- Michael Barson
Robert Wise was a versatile and acclaimed filmmaker who directed classics such as The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and The Andromeda Strain. He also edited Citizen Kane and won four Oscars for his work.
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Sep 7, 2022 · After 40 years, the original Star Trek movie has been finished the way its director intended, with enhanced visual effects and sound. Learn how producer David C. Fein and post-production supervisor Mike Matessino realized Wise's vision for the 4K UHD Blu-Ray release.
- WEST SIDE STORY (1961) Directed by Wise and Jerome Robbins. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the musical by Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents, and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare.
- THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) Screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the musical by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Peggy Wood.
- THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) Screenplay by Edmund H. North, based on ‘Farewell to the Master’ by Harry Bates. Starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe.
- THE SET-UP (1949) Screenplay by Art Cohn, based on a poem by Joseph Moncure March. Starring Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias. The best of Wise’s film noirs is also one of the great boxing dramas.
May 23, 2023 · Oscar-winning director Robert Wise made numerous Hollywood classics, including The Sound of Music, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and The Haunting.
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.
