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
91970s
1 title · average score 53
53
Two People (1973)
Producer, Director
1960s
3 titles · average score 69
78
The Sound of Music (1965)
Director, Producer
47
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
Director, Co-Producer
83
West Side Story (1961)
Director
1950s
4 titles · average score 61
61
Until They Sail (1957)
Director
58
This Could Be the Night (1957)
Director
60
Helen of Troy (1956)
Director
64
So Big (1953)
Director
1940s
1 title · average score 84
84
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Assistant Director, Editor