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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).
The 1947 noir classic Born to Kill endured as a critics' favorite, as did his 1949 boxing story The Set-Up and The Day the Earth Stood Still, a 1951 sci-fi parable. Starlet Susan Hayward won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1958 when Wise directed her in the death-row saga I Want to Live !.
WISE, ROBERT EARL (1914–2005), U.S. film producer and director. Born in Winchester, Indiana, Wise worked at rko studios from 1933 to 1943, and edited Orson Welles ' classic, Citizen Kane (Oscar nomination for Best Editing, 1941).
Apr 28, 2020 · Born in Winchester, Indiana on September 10, 1914, Robert Earl Wise was from an early age enamoured by the movies while growing up in nearby Connersville. At college he hoped to major in journalism, but was forced to withdraw when the Depression took its toll on the family’s finances.
- Adrian Schober
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. His parents were both of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) descent.
- September 10, 1914
- September 14, 2005
Robert of Anjou (Italian: Roberto d'Angiò), known as Robert the Wise (Italian: Roberto il Saggio; 1276 – 20 January 1343), was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time.
Robert Wise was an American film director who made 39 feature films in his career. This biography profiles his childhood, life, film career, achievements and timeline.
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