Robert Wise

Regisseur, Redacteur, Producer, Schrijver, Acteur

10 september 1914 — 14 september 2005 (91 years)
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 spanned the 1930s to the 1990s.

Often contrasted with contemporary "auteur" directors such as Stanley Kubrick who tended to bring a distinctive directorial "look" to a particular genre, Wise is famously viewed to have allowed his (sometimes studio assigned) story to dictate style. Later critics such as Martin Scorsese would go on to expand that characterization, insisting that despite Wise's notorious workaday concentration on stylistic perfection within the confines of genre and budget, his choice of subject matter and approach still functioned to identify Wise as an artist and not merely an artisan. Through whatever means, Wise's approach would bring him critical success as a director in many different traditional film genres: from horror to noir to Western to war films to science fiction, to musical and drama, with many repeat hits within each genre. Wise's tendency towards professionalism led to a degree of preparedness which, though nominally motivated by studio budget constraints, nevertheless advanced the moviemaking art, with many Academy Award-winning films the result. Robert Wise received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1998.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • West Side Story
    West Side Story1961
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
    The Magnificent Ambersons1942
  • De gifbeker
    De gifbeker1951
  • Rooftops
    Rooftops1989
  • A Storm in Summer
    A Storm in Summer2000

Known For

  • The Sound of Music
    The Sound of Music1965
  • Citizen Kane
    Citizen Kane1941
  • West Side Story
    West Side Story1961
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture1979
  • Toen stond de aarde stil
    Toen stond de aarde stil1951
  • The Haunting
    The Haunting1963
  • The Andromeda Strain
    The Andromeda Strain1971
  • The Sand Pebbles
    The Sand Pebbles1966
  • The Set-Up
    The Set-Up1949
  • Run Silent Run Deep
    Run Silent Run Deep1958
  • The Body Snatcher
    The Body Snatcher1945
  • Ik wil leven!
    Ik wil leven!1958
  • Somebody Up There Likes Me
    Somebody Up There Likes Me1956
  • The Magnificent Ambersons
    The Magnificent Ambersons1942
  • The Curse of the Cat People
    The Curse of the Cat People1944
  • Audrey Rose
    Audrey Rose1977
  • The Hindenburg
    The Hindenburg1975
  • Born to Kill
    Born to Kill1947
  • Odds Against Tomorrow
    Odds Against Tomorrow1959
  • De man aan de top
    De man aan de top1954

Cinematografie