Directing
Robert Wise
- Titles
- 90movies5TV shows
- Career
Active from 1944 to 2000, with a break from 1990 to 1999, busiest in 1953 and 1956 with 3 main titles each.
- Directed
- 40titles as director
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Executive Suite86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.7
- Melancholy5.7average 4.7
- Politics3.4average 2.6
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Catharsis5.8average 5.1
- Class & Capitalism3.9average 3.3
- Romance4.4average 3.8
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.3
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor1.2, average 2.0
- Cringe Humor1.4, average 2.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Character-Driven 4
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Historical Setting 3
- 1950s 3
- Bleak 2
- Melancholy Romance 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Period Piece 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- WWilliam ReynoldsEditorThe Sound of Music, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Sand Pebbles, Star!, Rooftops, +1 more
- NNelson GiddingWriterThe Andromeda Strain, The Haunting, The Hindenburg, I Want to Live!, Odds Against Tomorrow
- JJ.R. WhittredgeEditorThe Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People, Mademoiselle Fifi, A Game of Death
Ernest LehmanWriterThe Sound of Music, West Side Story, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Executive Suite- PPaul SawtellComposerBorn to Kill, A Game of Death, Mystery in Mexico, Criminal Court
Simon OaklandActorWest Side Story, I Want to Live!, The Sand Pebbles
Patricia NealActorThe Day the Earth Stood Still, Three Secrets, Something for the Birds- TThomas ReillyEditorHelen of Troy, So Big, Three Secrets
Roy WebbComposerBlood on the Moon, The Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People- SSol KaplanComposerThe House on Telegraph Hill, Destination Gobi, Something for the Birds
Russ TamblynActorWest Side Story, The Haunting
Richard BeymerActorWest Side Story, So Big
Movies and TV shows
101940s
10 titles · average score 68
70
The Set-Up (1949)
Director, Screenplay
74
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Director
48
Mystery in Mexico (1948)
Director
78
Born to Kill (1947)
Director
52
Criminal Court (1946)
Director
76
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Director
62
A Game of Death (1945)
Director
62
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
Director
84
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Assistant Director, Editor