Robert Wise

Also Credited As:

Robert E Wise, Robert Earl Wise
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Biography

" At the beginning of his career, he worked with equal facility in horror ("The Curse of the Cat People") (1944), film noir ("Born to Kill") (1947), Westerns ("Blood on the Moon") (1948), sports ("The Set-Up") (1949) and sci-fi ("The Day the Earth Stood Still") (1951), demonstrating a visual and narrative dexterity that other filmmakers could only marvel at. After earning his stripes in the 1950s, Wise went on to become one of the most …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Editor, Below The Line, Other

Born

September 10, 1914

LATEST CREDITS

The Moviemakers: Robert Wise

Himself

The American Film Institute Salute to Robert Wise

Honoree

All Is Brazil

Actor

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take Two

Interviewee

Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

Interviewee

Paul Newman: Hollywood's Charming Rebel

Interviewee

With Orson Welles: Stories From a Life in Film

Actor

Susan Hayward: The Brooklyn Bombshell

Interviewee

Steve McQueen: The E! True Hollywood Story

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The Fantasy Film World of George Pal

Himself

Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway

Actor

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Interviewee

Wild Bill, Hollywood Maverick: The Life and Times of William A. Wellman

Himself

The Stupids

Stanley's Neighbor

The Directors

Interviewee

50 Years of Action!

Himself

History Vs. Hollywood

Interviewee

Backstory

Interviewee

Star Trek: the Motion Picture

Director

A Storm in Summer

Director

Two Flags West

Director

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Director

Two For the Seesaw

Director

Audrey Rose

Director

So Big

Director