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Robert Wise Biography

Birth Name:Robert Earl Wise

Birth Place:Winchester, Indiana, United States

Profession Director, Producer, Editor, Sound department, Assistant director, Writer, Actor, Editorial department

Fast Facts

Awarded the 1992 American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D․C
Was the first person to receive the Heartland Film Festival's Crystal Heart Career Achievement Award
Won the 1996 President's Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
Awarded a Star on the Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures in 1960
Won the 1998 Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute
Honored with three different dates that have been declared Robert Wise Day in various cities across his native Indiana
Won a 1997 Opus Award from the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
Worked a low-level job at RKO Radio Pictures, where one of the head sound effects editors recognized his talent and took him under his wing
Has created successful films addressing topical and sociological subjects
Known for the epic-length films he directed in the 1960s, including "The Sound of Music․"
Enjoyed entertaining and traveling with his first wife, actress Patricia Doyle
Has private papers housed by the University of Southern California
Directed nine different actors in Oscar-nominated performances

Awards

1942Oscar-Best Film Editing: nominated
1949FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
1949Grand Prize of the Festival-: nominated
1954Golden Lion-: nominated
1955DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1957DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1959Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1959DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1959Golden Globe-Best Director: nominated
1959Best Film-International Competition: nominated
1961NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
1962Oscar-Best Director: winner
1962Oscar-Best Picture: winner
1962DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: winner
1962Golden Globe-Best Director: nominated
1963Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
1964Golden Globe-Best Director: nominated
1966Oscar-Best Picture: winner
1966Oscar-Best Director: winner
1966DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: winner
1966Golden Globe-Best Director: nominated
1967Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
1967DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1967Golden Globe-Best Director: nominated
1972Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
1980Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
1980Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
1989Critics Award-: nominated
1996Retro Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation: nominated
1999PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures-: winner
2001Video Premiere Award-Best Audio Commentary: nominated
2010The Greatest Films of All Time-Horror: winner
2020Retro Hugo-Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form: winner