Herbert Wise (31 August 1924 â€" 5 August 2015) was an Austrian-born
film and television producer and director.He was born as Herbert Weisz
in Vienna, Austria, and began his career as a director at Shrewsbury
Repertory Company in 1950. He was at Hull Rep and then as Director of
Productions at Dundee Rep (1952â€"55). He directed So what about Love
in the West End at the Criterion Theatre in a 1970 production with
Sheila Hancock in the lead.Wise began his television career in 1956
and directed adaptations of I, Claudius (1976) and Alan Ayckbourn's
play cycle The Norman Conquests (1977), the BBC Television Shakespeare
production of Julius Caesar (1979), Tales of the Unexpected, The 10th
Kingdom, The Woman in Black (1989), and episodes of Cadfael and
Inspector Morse. He also directed several episodes of the Thames
Television series Rumpole of the Bailey. He directed several
made-for-TV films, including Skokie (1981) and Breaking the Code
(1996), the latter adapted from the Hugh Whitemore play about Alan
Turing.Wise directed two theatrically released films. One was an entry
in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries second feature series titled To Have
and to Hold (1963) and the other was a film version of the 1970-1971
television sit-com The Lovers titled The Lovers! (1973).
film and television producer and director.He was born as Herbert Weisz
in Vienna, Austria, and began his career as a director at Shrewsbury
Repertory Company in 1950. He was at Hull Rep and then as Director of
Productions at Dundee Rep (1952â€"55). He directed So what about Love
in the West End at the Criterion Theatre in a 1970 production with
Sheila Hancock in the lead.Wise began his television career in 1956
and directed adaptations of I, Claudius (1976) and Alan Ayckbourn's
play cycle The Norman Conquests (1977), the BBC Television Shakespeare
production of Julius Caesar (1979), Tales of the Unexpected, The 10th
Kingdom, The Woman in Black (1989), and episodes of Cadfael and
Inspector Morse. He also directed several episodes of the Thames
Television series Rumpole of the Bailey. He directed several
made-for-TV films, including Skokie (1981) and Breaking the Code
(1996), the latter adapted from the Hugh Whitemore play about Alan
Turing.Wise directed two theatrically released films. One was an entry
in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries second feature series titled To Have
and to Hold (1963) and the other was a film version of the 1970-1971
television sit-com The Lovers titled The Lovers! (1973).
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