1914 - 2005
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Wise has received more than 1,313,161 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Robert Wise is the 152nd most popular film director (up from 163rd in 2019), the 1,032nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,081st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Film Director.
Robert Wise is most famous for directing the film West Side Story.
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Among film directors, Robert Wise ranks 152 out of 1,581. Before him are Victor Sjöström, Abel Gance, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jan Švankmajer, Ed Wood, and Joris Ivens. After him are Roland Emmerich, Sergei Bondarchuk, Denis Villeneuve, Ettore Scola, Jean Vigo, and Henri-Georges Clouzot.
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 146
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 147
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 148
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 149
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 150
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 151
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 152
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 153
1920 - 1994
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 154
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 155
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 156
1905 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 157
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 158
Among people born in 1914, Robert Wise ranks 31. Before him are Desmond Llewelyn, Karl Carstens, Joe DiMaggio, Philippe Ariès, George Dantzig, and Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani. After him are Peter Townsend, Louis, Prince Napoléon, Etty Hillesum, Gino Bartali, Richard Laurence Millington Synge, and Alan Hodgkin. Among people deceased in 2005, Robert Wise ranks 39. Before him are Moustapha Akkad, Anne Bancroft, Joseph Rotblat, Ibrahim Ferrer, George Dantzig, and Lucien Laurent. After him are Brother Roger, Birgit Nilsson, Ahmed Deedat, John Fowles, Hunter S. Thompson, and Wim Duisenberg.
1914 - 1999
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 25
1914 - 1992
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 26
1914 - 1999
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 27
1914 - 1984
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 28
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 29
1914 - 1999
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 30
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 31
1914 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 32
1914 - 1997
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 33
1914 - 1943
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 34
1914 - 2000
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 35
1914 - 1994
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 36
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 37
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 33
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 34
1908 - 2005
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 35
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 36
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 37
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 38
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 39
1915 - 2005
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 40
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 41
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 42
1926 - 2005
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 43
1937 - 2005
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 44
1935 - 2005
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 45
Among people born in United States, Robert Wise ranks 1,032 out of 18,182. Before him are Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), Clifford Shull (1915), Rudy Giuliani (1944), John Denver (1943), Jeremy Renner (1971), and James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834). After him are Larry King (1933), Edna Purviance (1895), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Renée Zellweger (1969), Jack Kirby (1917), and Sarah Jessica Parker (1965).
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 1,026
1915 - 2001
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 1,027
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 1,028
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 1,029
1971 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 1,030
1834 - 1903
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 1,031
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 1,032
1933 - 2021
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 1,033
1895 - 1958
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 1,034
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,035
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,036
1917 - 1994
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1,037
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 1,038
Among film directors born in United States, Robert Wise ranks 43. Before him are Mel Brooks (1926), D. W. Griffith (1875), Joel Schumacher (1939), Blake Edwards (1922), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), and Ed Wood (1924). After him are William Friedkin (1935), Jonathan Demme (1944), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Robert Aldrich (1918), Don Siegel (1912), and James Ivory (1928).
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 37
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 38
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 39
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 40
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 41
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 43
1935 - 2023
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 44
1944 - 2017
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 45
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 46
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 47
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 48
1928 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 49