Robert Wise
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 a Star on the Walk of Fame for his work in motion pictures in 1960
- Awarded the 1992 American National Medal of the Arts by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington, D․C
- Honored with three different dates that have been declared Robert Wise Day in various cities across his native Indiana
- Was the first person to receive the Heartland Film Festival's Crystal Heart Career Achievement Award
- Won a 1997 Opus Award from the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
- Won the 1996 President's Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
- Won the 1998 Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute
- 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․"
- Directed nine different actors in Oscar-nominated performances
- Enjoyed entertaining and traveling with his first wife, actress Patricia Doyle
- Has private papers housed by the University of Southern California
Awards
- 1942Oscar - Best Film Editing:Nominated
- 1949FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
- 1949Grand Prize of the FestivalNominated
- 1954Golden LionNominated
- 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 AwardNominated
- 1996Retro Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
- 1999PGA Hall of Fame - Motion PicturesWinner
- 2001Video Premiere Award - Best Audio Commentary:Nominated
- 2010The Greatest Films of All Time - Horror:Winner
- 2020Retro Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form:Winner