Director Robert Wise, dead at 91
by Doc on Sep.15, 2005, under General News
Robert Wise, the Oscar winning director probably best known to SF fans as having directed Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Day The Earth Stood Still, but having directed many hits on various genres such as The Sound of Music and West Side Story, died of heart failure Sept. 14th at the age of 91 – which he just celebrated this past Saturday.