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 3.6
- 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 5.2
- 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
- Classic Hollywood 3
- 1950s 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Historical Setting 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 Haunting, The Andromeda Strain, The Hindenburg, I Want to Live!, Odds Against Tomorrow
- JJ.R. WhittredgeEditorThe Curse of the Cat People, The Body Snatcher, A Game of Death, Mademoiselle Fifi
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, The Sand Pebbles, I Want to Live!
Patricia NealActorThe Day the Earth Stood Still, Three Secrets, Something for the Birds- TThomas ReillyEditorHelen of Troy, Three Secrets, So Big
Roy WebbComposerBlood on the Moon, The Curse of the Cat People, The Body Snatcher- 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
181980s
1 title · average score 26
26
Rooftops (1989)
Director
1970s
1 title · average score 53
53
Two People (1973)
Director, Producer
1960s
3 titles · average score 63
69
Star! (1968)
Director
73
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
Director, Producer
47
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
Director, Co-Producer
1950s
6 titles · average score 70
81
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Producer, Director
84
I Want to Live! (1958)
Director
61
Until They Sail (1957)
Director
63
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
Director
65
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Director, Additional Writing
67
Three Secrets (1950)
Director
1940s
5 titles · average score 79
70
The Set-Up (1949)
Screenplay, Director
76
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Director
84
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Editor, Assistant Director
91
Citizen Kane (1941)
Editor
1930s
2 titles · average score 70
65
The Informer (1935)
Sound Effects Editor