Robert Wise
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Robert Wise is a actor from United States (age 91).
Quick Facts
- Full Name
- Robert Wise
- Born
- September 10, 1914
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- Age
- Died aged 91
- Zodiac Sign
- Virgo
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- Nationality
- 🇺🇸 United States
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- Profession
- Actor, Business Leader
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Biography
Robert Wise is 112 years old, an actor, from United States.
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! (1958), The Haunting (1963), The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Hindenburg (1975) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1971 to 1975 and the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1985 through 1988.
Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Academy Award | Won |
| 1966 | Academy Award | Won |
| 1962 | Academy Award | Won |
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