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Robert Wise ( September 10 , 1914 – September 14 , 2005 ) was an Academy Award -winning American film producer and director. Born in Winchester , Indiana , Wise began his movie career at RKO as a sound and music editor, but he soon grew to being nominated for the Academy Award For Film Editing for '' Citizen Kane '' in 1941 . At the time of his death he was that film's only living crew member. He took his first directing job with the stylish horror film '' The Curse Of The Cat People '' in 1944 . In 1947 he directed the Lawrence Tierney noir classic '' Born To Kill '' and two years later directed the boxing movie '' The Set-Up '', where his direction of the real-time setting got him noticed. In the 1950s , Wise proved adept in several genres, from the Science Fiction of '' The Day The Earth Stood Still '' to the melodramatic '' So Big '', to Susan Hayward's Oscar winner in '' I Want To Live! '', for which he was nominated for Best Director . In ''. In 1989 he directed ''Rooftops'', his last theatrical feature film. Even in his twilight years, Wise continued to be active in productions of DVD versions to his films, even making public appearances promoting those films. Wise was a past president of both the Directors Guild Of America and the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences . He has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 6338 Hollywood Blvd. After suffering a Heart Attack at home, Wise was rushed to UCLA Medical Center , where he died from heart failure, four days after his ninety-first birthday. Academy Awards and Nominations
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