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Robert Wise

Awards

Robert Wise

39 wins & 25 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
    1967 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • The Sand Pebbles
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    1966 Winner Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • The Sound of Music
    Robert Wise couldn't attend the award ceremony, as he was busy filming The Sand Pebbles (1966) in Hong Kong. Saul Chaplin, the film's associate producer, accepted the award on his behalf.
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    1966 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • The Sound of Music
    Robert Wise couldn't attend the award ceremony, as he was busy filming The Sand Pebbles (1966) in Hong Kong. Best Actress nominee Julie Andrews accepted the award on his behalf.
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    1962 Winner Oscar
    • Best Picture
    • West Side Story
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    1962 Winner Oscar
    • Best Director
    • West Side Story
    For the first time a directing award is being shared.
    Shared with: Jerome Robbins

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Robert Wise
    1996 Winner President's Award
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    1980 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Robert Wise
    1967 Winner Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award

American Film Institute, USA

  • Robert Wise
    1998 Winner Life Achievement Award

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

  • Robert Wise
    1997 Winner Board of the Governors Award

ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards

  • Robert Wise
    1997 Winner Opus Award

Critics Choice Awards

  • Robert Wise
    1998 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Cannes Film Festival

  • Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Robert Ryan, George Tobias, and Audrey Totter in The Set-Up (1949)
    1949 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • The Set-Up
  • Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Robert Ryan, George Tobias, and Audrey Totter in The Set-Up (1949)
    1949 Nominee Grand Prize of the Festival
    • The Set-Up

Deauville Film Festival

  • Rooftops (1989)
    1989 Nominee Critics Award
    • Rooftops

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Robert Wise
    2001 Winner President's Award
  • Robert Wise
    1988 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Robert Wise
    1984 Winner Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award
  • Robert Wise
    1983 Winner DGA Honorary Life Member Award
  • Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
    1967 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
    • The Sand Pebbles

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Robert Wise
    1998 Winner Joseph Plateau Honorary Award

Golden Globes, USA

  • Candice Bergen, Steve McQueen, and Emmanuelle Arsan in The Sand Pebbles (1966)
    1967 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • The Sand Pebbles
  • Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    1966 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • The Sound of Music
  • Julie Harris in The Haunting (1963)
    1964 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • The Haunting
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    1962 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • West Side Story
    Shared with: Jerome Robbins
  • I Want to Live! (1958)
    1959 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director
    • I Want to Live!

Heartland International Film Festival

  • Robert Wise
    1992 Winner Career Achievement Award

Hugo Awards

  • Ann Carter, Julia Dean, and Jane Randolph in The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
    2020 Winner Retro Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form
    • The Curse of the Cat People
    Shared with: DeWitt Bodeen · Gunther von Fritsch
  • Boris Karloff in The Body Snatcher (1945)
    1996 Nominee Retro Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation
    • The Body Snatcher
    Shared with: Philip MacDonald · Val Lewton · Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    1980 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation
    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    Shared with: Harold Livingston · Alan Dean Foster · Gene Roddenberry
  • James Olson and Robert Soto in The Andromeda Strain (1971)
    1972 Nominee Hugo
    • Best Dramatic Presentation
    • The Andromeda Strain
    Shared with: Nelson Gidding · Michael Crichton

Istanbul Film Festival

  • Robert Wise
    1996 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Laurel Awards

  • Robert Wise
    1971 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Best Producer-Director
  • Robert Wise
    1970 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Producer-Director
    4th place.
  • Robert Wise
    1968 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Producer-Director
  • Robert Wise
    1967 Winner Golden Laurel
    • Producer-Director
  • Robert Wise
    1966 Nominee Golden Laurel
    • Producer-Director
    5th place.

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

  • I Want to Live! (1958)
    1959 Nominee Best Film
    • International Competition
    • I Want to Live!

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    1961 Nominee NYFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • West Side Story
    Shared with: Jerome Robbins

PGA Awards

  • Robert Wise
    2002 Winner Milestone Award
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    1999 Winner PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures
    • West Side Story

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival

  • Robert Wise
    1996 Winner King Vidor Memorial Award

Art Directors Guild

  • Robert Wise
    1999 Winner Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award

Temecula Valley International Film Festival

  • Robert Wise
    1996 Winner Lifetime Achievement Award

Venice Film Festival

  • Executive Suite (1954)
    1954 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Executive Suite

Walk of Fame

  • Robert Wise
    1960 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
    • Motion Picture
    On 8 February 1960. At 6340 Hollywood Blvd.

Sant Jordi Awards

  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    1963 Winner Sant Jordi
    • Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera)
    • West Side Story
    Shared with: Jerome Robbins

Joseph Plateau Awards

  • Robert Wise
    1998 Winner Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award

Society of Camera Operators

  • Robert Wise
    2000 Winner Governors' Award

British Film Institute Awards

  • Robert Wise
    1995 Winner BFI Fellowship

DVD Exclusive Awards

  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Persis Khambatta in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    2001 Nominee Video Premiere Award
    • Best Audio Commentary
    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    (Paramount).
    Shared with: Douglas Trumbull · John Dykstra · Jerry Goldsmith · Stephen Collins

Telluride Film Festival

  • Robert Wise
    1979 Winner Silver Medallion Award

Online Film & Television Association

  • Robert Wise
    2017 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Creative
    Posthumously.
  • Robert Wise
    2009 Winner OFTA Film Hall of Fame
    • Behind the Scenes
    Editing

The Guardian's Best Films

  • Julie Harris in The Haunting (1963)
    2010 Winner The Greatest Films of All Time
    • Horror
    • The Haunting

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