FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Wise

1914 - 2005

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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! Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Wise is the 180th most popular film director (up from 215th in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,464th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Film Director.

Robert Wise is most famous for directing the film West Side Story.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Wise ranks 180 out of 2,041. Before him are Sergio Corbucci, Spike Lee, Alice Guy-Blaché, Robert Rodriguez, Andrei Konchalovsky, and Jacques Demy. After him are Victor Sjöström, Alan J. Pakula, Kathryn Bigelow, Ed Wood, Sean Baker, and Joris Ivens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Robert Wise ranks 44. Before him are Gino Bartali, Vincent J. McMahon, Etty Hillesum, Jonas Salk, Renato Dulbecco, and Agostino Casaroli. After him are Norman Borlaug, Max Manus, James Van Allen, Vjekoslav Luburić, Norman Lloyd, and Desmond Llewelyn. Among people deceased in 2005, Robert Wise ranks 46. Before him are Moustapha Akkad, Birgit Nilsson, Mary Jackson, Brother Roger, John Fowles, and Gnassingbé Eyadéma. After him are Barbara Bel Geddes, Richard Smalley, Rosemary Kennedy, Peter Benenson, Consuelo Velázquez, and Ahmed Deedat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Wise ranks 1,473 out of 20,380. Before him are Carl Lewis (1961), George Strait (1952), Jack Lousma (1936), Brian Dennehy (1938), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), and David M. Brown (1956). After him are Billy West (1952), Brooke Shields (1965), Éamon de Valera (1882), Kyle MacLachlan (1959), Davy Crockett (1786), and Mary Higgins Clark (1927).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Wise ranks 50. Before him are Jim Jarmusch (1953), Robert Benton (1932), Don Siegel (1912), Tom Holland (1943), Spike Lee (1957), and Robert Rodriguez (1968). After him are Alan J. Pakula (1928), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Ed Wood (1924), Sean Baker (1971), Arthur Penn (1922), and Joel Schumacher (1939).

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