Versatile American director Robert Wise has died a few days after his 91st birthday. A former editor (he worked on Citizen Kane) who began with some great B-movies (Curse of the Cat People, The Body Snatcher, Born to Kill) and progressed to blockbusters (West Side Story, The Sound of Music, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), he won Oscars for the musicals West Side Story and The Sound of Music.
Also in his long career, there were classics like The Day the Earth Stood Still, exposes like I Want to Live! and spooky gems like The Haunting. Other films include Somebody Up There Likes Me, The Sand Pebbles, Star! and The Andromeda Strain. His last film was Rooftops, another musical.
