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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).
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.
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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.
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- Winchester, Indiana, USA
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- Los Angeles, California, USA
Dec 9, 2021 · That the director and writer are both Jewish feels appropriate, since despite what eventually appeared on stage and then on screen, in Robert Wise’s multi-Oscar winning 1961 film, West Side...
- Stephen Applebaum
A man who started his career in Hollywood in 1934, Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was involved with pretty much every major film project, in every studio department, in every major genre that you can possibly imagine.
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.
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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).
