Robert Wise

Director and producer. Born 10 September 1914 in Winchester, Indiana, USA. Died 14 September 2005.

Titles on Fi1m6 directing · 4 crew

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 6 titles

Oscars4 won · 4 nominated

Born

10 September 1914, Winchester, Indiana, USA

Died

14 September 2005

Active

1935–1979

Frequently works with

Ernest Lehman, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Russ Tamblyn

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

79Fi1m

74Critics

We rate Robert’s work 5 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above4

60 to 792

Under 600

Of 6 reviewed titles as director.

In numbers

Reviewed: 6 films
Screen time: 14 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $492m across 6 films with figures
Academy Awards: 4 Oscars4 won · 4 nominated
Active: 1935–1979

Genres

Drama4
Romance2
Science Fiction2
Adventure1
Crime1
Family1

Best and worst on Fi1m

86BestThe Sound of Music1965

64WorstStar Trek: The Motion Picture1979

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

41930s

171940s

181950s

61960s

71970s

21980s

11990s

12000s

Directors most worked with

Orson Welles2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

Joseph Cotten2 titles

Russ Tamblyn2 titles