Robert Wise: Quick Facts

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Born	September 10, 1914 • Indiana
Died	September 14, 2005 (aged 91) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1967) • Academy Award (1966) • Academy Award (1962)
Notable Works	“Blood on the Moon” • “Born to Kill” • “Executive Suite” • “I Want to Live!” • “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” • “The Andromeda Strain” • “The Body Snatcher” • “The Day the Earth Stood Still” • “The Haunting” • “The Sand Pebbles” • “The Set-Up” • “The Sound of Music” • “West Side Story”

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Boris Karloff as Cabman John Gray in The Body Snatcher (1945), sitting with a shrouded figure in his arms, dramatic lighting casting a large shadow behind him.

Lock Martin and Michael Rennie in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Black-and-white poster for The Day the Earth Stood Still shows a giant robot holding a frightened woman, with crowds fleeing below and the film title in large bold letters.

Lock Martin as the robot Gort stands over a figure on a table, with Patricia Neal in the background, in a scene from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

Susan Hayward in I Want to Live!

West Side Story (1961)

West Side Story

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Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.

Steven Spielberg

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William Wyler

William Wyler

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Billy Wilder poses in a suit and hat, leaning against a streetlamp with a sign reading Sunset Blvd. in a promotional photo for the film Sunset Boulevard.

Billy Wilder

Austrian-born American director and producer

Clint Eastwood wearing a light suit and olive shirt with tie, standing outdoors at the Cannes Film Festival.

Clint Eastwood

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George Stevens

George Stevens

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Warren Beatty wearing a dark jacket, white shirt, and light tie, posing at an event with a dark background, 2006.

Warren Beatty

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Orson Welles

Orson Welles

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Spike Lee wearing a suit, tie, and tortoiseshell glasses at the 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

Spike Lee

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Ethan Coen

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Joel Coen

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Master of suspense

Alfred Hitchcock

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Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.

Woody Allen

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Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.

Martin Scorsese

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Vincente Minnelli, seated at right, discusses a storyboard with actress Lana Turner, seated at left in costume, on the set of The Bad and the Beautiful.

Vincente Minnelli

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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Frank Capra

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Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Hungarian-American director, actor, and writer

Francis Ford Coppola, with a beard, sits on a camera dolly surrounded by crew and actors on the set of The Godfather: Part II, with storefronts in the background.

Francis Ford Coppola

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Mervyn LeRoy

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George Cukor

George Cukor

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Oscar-Worthy Movie Trivia

Publicity still with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman from the motion picture film "Casablanca" (1942); directed by Michael Curtiz. (cinema, movies)

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