Robert Wise
Introduction


**Robert Earl Wise** (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005\) was an American filmmaker. He won the [Academy Awards](/wiki/Academy_Awards "Academy Awards") for [Best Director](/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director "Academy Award for Best Director") and [Best Picture](/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture "Academy Award for Best Picture") for his [musical films](/wiki/Musical_film "Musical film") *[West Side Story](/wiki/West_Side_Story_%281961_film%29 "West Side Story (1961 film)")* (1961\) and *[The Sound of Music](/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_%28film%29 "The Sound of Music (film)")* (1965\). He was also nominated for [Best Film Editing](/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing "Academy Award for Best Film Editing") for *[Citizen Kane](/wiki/Citizen_Kane "Citizen Kane")* (1941\) and directed and produced *[The Sand Pebbles](/wiki/The_Sand_Pebbles_%28film%29 "The Sand Pebbles (film)")* (1966\), which was nominated for Best Picture.

Among his other films are *[The Body Snatcher](/wiki/The_Body_Snatcher_%281945_film%29 "The Body Snatcher (1945 film)")* (1945\), *[Born to Kill](/wiki/Born_to_Kill_%281947_film%29 "Born to Kill (1947 film)")* (1947\), *[The Set\-Up](/wiki/The_Set-Up_%281949_film%29 "The Set-Up (1949 film)")* (1949\), *[The Day the Earth Stood Still](/wiki/The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still "The Day the Earth Stood Still")* (1951\), *[Destination Gobi](/wiki/Destination_Gobi "Destination Gobi")* (1953\), *[This Could Be The Night](/wiki/This_Could_Be_the_Night_%28film%29 "This Could Be the Night (film)")* (1957\), *[Run Silent, Run Deep](/wiki/Run_Silent%2C_Run_Deep_%281958_film%29 "Run Silent, Run Deep (1958 film)")* (1958\), *[I Want to Live!](/wiki/I_Want_to_Live%21 "I Want to Live!")* (1958\), *[The Haunting](/wiki/The_Haunting_%281963_film%29 "The Haunting (1963 film)")* (1963\), *[The Andromeda Strain](/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain_%28film%29 "The Andromeda Strain (film)")* (1971\), *[The Hindenburg](/wiki/The_Hindenburg_%28film%29 "The Hindenburg (film)")* (1975\) and *[Star Trek: The Motion Picture](/wiki/Star_Trek:The_Motion_Picture "The Motion Picture")* (1979\).

He was the president of the [Directors Guild of America](/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America "Directors Guild of America") from 1971 to 1975 and the president of the [Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences](/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences") from 1985 through 1988\.

Wise achieved critical success as a director in a striking variety of film genres: [horror\-noir](/wiki/Horror_noir "Horror noir"), [western](/wiki/Western_%28genre%29 "Western (genre)"), [war](/wiki/War_film "War film"), [film noir](/wiki/Film_noir "Film noir"), [horror](/wiki/Horror_film "Horror film"), [science fiction](/wiki/Science_fiction_film "Science fiction film"), [musical](/wiki/Musical_film "Musical film") and [drama](/wiki/Drama_film "Drama film"), with many repeat successes within each genre. Wise's meticulous preparation may have been largely motivated by studio budget constraints, but advanced the moviemaking art. He received the [AFI Life Achievement Award](/wiki/AFI_Life_Achievement_Award "AFI Life Achievement Award") in 1998\.


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