
Robert Wise
Directing
38
Acting Credits
40
Directed
Biography
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor, film editor, film producer and director. He won Academy Awards as Best Director for The Sound of Music (1965) and West Side Story (1961) as well as nominations as Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane (1941) and Best Picture for The Sand Pebbles (1966). Among his other films are Born to Kill; Destination Gobi; The Hindenburg; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Run Silent, Run...
Known For
Filmography

For the Love of Star Trek
2026
as Self

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Self (archive footage)

Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
2014
as Self

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Robert Wise: American Filmmaker
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
as Self

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
as Self
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
as Self

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film
2003
as Self

West Side Memories
2003
as Self

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self

Making The Earth Stand Still
2001
as Self

Buñuel in Hollywood
2000
as Self

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
1999
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs
1998
as Self

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997
as Self

Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997
as Self

It's All Brazil
1997
as Self

The Battle Over Citizen Kane
1996
as Self

The Stupids
1996
as Stanley's Neighbor

A Century of Science Fiction
1996
as Self

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995
as Self

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995
as Self

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
as Self

Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994
as Self

Visions of Light
1992
as Self

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
1990
as Self

William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989
as Self

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987
as Self

The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
1986
as Self

The Orson Welles Story
1982
as Self

Great Performances
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self

Salzburg Sight and Sound
1965
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self



