Robert Wise

Robert Wise (born in Winchester, Indiana, September 10, 1914, died September 14, 2005) was film editor on Citizen Kane (1941) directed by Orson Welles, he directed horror films like The Body Snatcher (1945) with Boris Karloff, science fiction movies like The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), film noirs like I Want to Live! (1958). He directed and produced movies like Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) with Harry Belafonte, The Sand Pebbles (1966) with Steve McQueen, musicals like West Side Story (1961) with Natalie Wood and The Sound of Music (1965) with Julie Andrews, supernatural horrors like The Haunting (1963).

Golden Globe Awards

1967 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- The Sand Pebbles
- Robert Wise
1966 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Sound of Music, The
- Robert Wise
1964 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- Haunting, The
- Robert Wise
1962 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- West Side Story
- Robert Wise
1960 Nominee

Promoting International Understanding
- Odds Against Tomorrow
- Robert Wise
1959 Nominee

Best Director - Motion Picture
- I Want To Live!
- Robert Wise
1952 Winner

Promoting International Understanding
- The Day The Earth Stood Still
- Robert Wise