Robert Wise: Director of West Side Story and The Sound of Music Dies at

Robert Wise was an American film director, producer and editor. Born on September 10, 1914, in Winchester, Indiana, he began as an editor at RKO and cut Citizen Kane (1941).

Wise won Academy Awards as director and producer for both West Side Story (1961, co-directed with Jerome Robbins) and The Sound of Music (1965). He also directed The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).

He served as president of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Wise died of heart failure in Los Angeles on September 14, 2005, four days after his 91st birthday.

Achievements: Four Academy Awards, Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement, AFI Life Achievement Award (1998).

Birth: September 10, 1914 - Winchester, Indiana.

Profession: Film director.

Interesting Facts: He edited Citizen Kane early in his career.