Robert Wise Overview:

Legendary director, Robert Wise, was born Robert Earl Wise on Sep 10, 1914 in Winchester, IN. Wise died at the age of 91 on Sep 14, 2005 in Los Angeles, CA and was cremated and his ashes given to family or friend.

HONORS and AWARDS:

.

Robert Wise was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Director for The Sound of Music in 1965. He also won one Honorary Award in 1966 Robert Wise .

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1941Best Film EditingCitizen Kane (1941)N/ANominated
1958Best DirectorI Want to Live! (1958)N/ANominated
1965Best DirectorThe Sound of Music (1965)N/AWon

Academy Awards (Honorary Oscars)

YearAwardDescription
1966IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARDRobert Wise

.

He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

BlogHub Articles:

Run Silent Run Deep (1958, )

By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 14, 2019 From The Stop Button

Run Silent Run Deep runs a little short. Just when the film has the most potential does it sort of shrug and finish up real quick. There?s a third act reveal and it?s a good one, but it?s not good enough the movie can end on it. Especially not after it?s just had such a strong second act. Burt Lanca... Read full article


Run Silent Run Deep (1958, )

By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 14, 2019 From The Stop Button

Run Silent Run Deep runs a little short. Just when the film has the most potential does it sort of shrug and finish up real quick. There?s a third act reveal and it?s a good one, but it?s not good enough the movie can end on it. Especially not after it?s just had such a strong second act. Burt Lanca... Read full article


Run Silent Run Deep (1958, )

on Jun 14, 2019 From The Stop Button

Run Silent Run Deep runs a little short. Just when the film has the most potential does it sort of shrug and finish up real quick. There?s a third act reveal and it?s a good one, but it?s not good enough the movie can end on it. Especially not after it?s just had such a strong second act. Burt Lanca... Read full article


Run Silent Run Deep (1958, )

on Jun 14, 2019 From The Stop Button

Run Silent Run Deep runs a little short. Just when the film has the most potential does it sort of shrug and finish up real quick. There?s a third act reveal and it?s a good one, but it?s not good enough the movie can end on it. Especially not after it?s just had such a strong second act. Burt Lanca... Read full article


The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, )

By Andrew Wickliffe on Dec 26, 2017 From The Stop Button

The Day the Earth Stood Still opens with these sensational titles. 3D text jumping out, set against the backdrop of space, Bernard Herrmann?s score at its loudest; the titles suggest the film is going to be something grandiose. It is and it isn?t. For the first act, director Wise moves quickly, shor... Read full article


See all articles

Robert Wise Quotes:

No Quote for this person.



Share this page:
Visit the Classic Movie Hub Blog CMH
Also a Virgo






See All Virgos >>
Robert Wise on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame



See All Walk of Fame Stars >>
Robert Wise Facts
Profiled in "Conversations with Directors: An Anthology of Interviews from Literature/Film Quarterly", E.M. Walker, D.T. Johnson, eds. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2008.

Agreed to direct The Sound of Music (1965) after it had been abandoned by William Wyler on the condition that 20th Century-Fox agree to finance The Sand Pebbles (1966). Wise, who also produced the musical, won his second Best Director Oscar and the Best Picture Oscar. The next year, "The Sand Pebbles" was nominated for Best Picture and Wise was awarded the Irving Thalberg Award, the highest honor for producers.

Directed nine different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Nina Foch, Susan Hayward, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, Julie Andrews, Peggy Wood, Steve McQueen, Mako, and Daniel Massey. Hayward, Moreno and Chakiris won Oscars.

See All Related Facts >>