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Robert Wise contributed to the 1941 film Citizen Kane by serving as its editor, a role for which he received an Academy Award nomination. His work on the film is widely recognized for its "dramatic editing style," which, alongside the innovative cinematography of Gregg Toland, helped establish the movie as a landmark in cinema history. Critics and historians frequently cite his brilliant editing as a key factor in the film's status as a masterpiece of moviemaking.123