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Directing · 1914 to 2005

Robert Wise

Best rated: The Sound of Music (8.1)

Films
40
Avg rating
6.99
Peak run
1961’66
Oscar wins
2 of 3
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The career

Robert Wise, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1961 to 1966, 7.445678194519501955196019651970197519801985The Sound of Music 8.1Audrey Rose 5.8Career avg 6.99

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Robert Wise's career barcodecoolhot
194240 films1989
Current formLast 5: 6.42 vs career 6.99 (−0.57)
  1. LStar!1968 · 6.4−0.6
  2. WThe Andromeda Strain1971 · 7.2+0.2
  3. LThe Hindenburg1975 · 6.3−0.7
  4. LAudrey Rose1977 · 5.8−1.2
  5. LStar Trek: The Motion Picture1979 · 6.4−0.6
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Robert by the numbers

Average
6.99
31 rated films
Vote weighted
7.05
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.56
rating spread
Career
48y
1942 to 1989
Total votes
888K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Sound of Music
Worst
5.8
Audrey Rose
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1989Rooftops·777
1979Star Trek: The Motion Picture posterStar Trek: The Motion Picture6.4102K
1977Audrey Rose5.87,536
1975The Hindenburg6.37,368
1973Two People·270
1971The Andromeda Strain posterThe Andromeda Strain7.244,854
1968Star!6.42,407
1966The Sand Pebbles posterThe Sand Pebbles7.518,054
1965The Sound of Music posterThe Sound of Music8.1296K
1963The Haunting posterThe Haunting7.445,082
1962Two for the Seesaw6.62,450
1961West Side Story posterWest Side Story7.6129K
1959Odds Against Tomorrow7.46,492
1958I Want to Live!7.58,447
1958Run Silent Run Deep posterRun Silent Run Deep7.315,000
1957This Could Be the Night6.71,060
1957Until They Sail6.51,882
1956Helen of Troy6.13,079
1956Somebody Up There Likes Me7.59,808
1956Tribute to a Bad Man6.71,991
Better together?

Robert Wise's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Robert Wise

8 nominations, 5 wins

Awards record

  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1967
    Robert Wise, Producer
    Nominated
  • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award · Academy Awards 1967
    Robert Wise
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1966
    Robert Wise
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1966
    Robert Wise, Producer
    Won
  • Best Picture · Academy Awards 1962
    Robert Wise, Producer
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1962
    Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins
    Won
  • Best Director · Academy Awards 1959
    Robert Wise
    Nominated
  • Best Film Editing · Academy Awards 1942
    Robert Wise
    Nominated

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