news Robert Wise directing Sep 10, 1914 Sep 14, 2005 Winchester, Indiana, USA news ✕ loading… add oscars oscars ✕ 5 wins 1961 BEST MOTION PICTURE West Side Story 1961 DIRECTING Jerome Robbins West Side Story 1965 BEST PICTURE The Sound of Music 1965 DIRECTING The Sound of Music 1966 IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD 3 nominations 1941 FILM EDITING Citizen Kane 1958 DIRECTING I Want to Live! 1966 BEST PICTURE The Sand Pebbles 86 of 86 films rated IMDb avg 6.8 IMDb median 6.8 RT avg 77% RT median 86% highest rated W With Orson Welles: Stories of A Life in Film 8.9 Citizen Kane 8.2 The Sound of Music 8.1 Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula 8.1 The Set-Up 7.8 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 7.8 The Day the Earth Stood Still 7.7 Visions of Light 7.7 Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick 7.7 West Side Memories 7.7 directing 41 acting 36 editing 11 production 11 writing 1 crew 1 sound 1 crew The House on Telegraph Hill → Additional Writing