Robert Wise

1914-2005

Biography: life and films

Robert Wise was an American film director and producer. He was born in Winchester, Indiana, USA on 10th September 1914 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 14th September 2005, aged 91.

His best films as a film director include The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), The Body Snatcher (1945), West Side Story (1961), The Haunting (1963) and The Sound of Music (1965).

Robert Wise directed 40 films and scripted 1 film.

His most frequent genres include: drama (30 films), Thriller (9), romance (7), War (7), Horror (4), crime-thriller (3), Western (3), Biography (3), history (2) and comedy (2).

Our average rating for Robert Wise over all films is: 3.5

Filmography

Key: d = director; a = actor

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) [d]

Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) [d]

The Curse of the Cat People (1944) [d]

A Game of Death (1945) [d]

The Body Snatcher (1945) [d]

Criminal Court (1946) [d]

Born to Kill (1947) [d]

Blood on the Moon (1948) [d]

Mystery in Mexico (1948) [d]

The Set-Up (1949) [d]

Three Secrets (1950) [d]

Two Flags West (1950) [d]

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) [d]

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) [d]

Something for the Birds (1952) [d]

The Captive City (1952) [d]

Destination Gobi (1953) [d]

So Big (1953) [d]

The Desert Rats (1953) [d]

Executive Suite (1954) [d]

Helen of Troy (1956) [d]

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) [d]

Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) [d]

This Could Be the Night (1957) [d]

Until They Sail (1957) [d]

I Want to Live! (1958) [d]

Run Silent Run Deep (1958) [d]

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) [d]

West Side Story (1961) [d]

Two for the Seesaw (1962) [d]

The Haunting (1963) [d]

The Sound of Music (1965) [d]

The Sand Pebbles (1966) [d]

Star! (1968) [d]

The Andromeda Strain (1971) [d]

Two People (1973) [d]

The Hindenburg (1975) [d]

Audrey Rose (1977) [d]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) [d]

Rooftops (1989) [d]

Visions of Light (1992) [a]

Hollywood Sex Wars (2011) [a]



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