Jerome Robbins, born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz in 1918 and died in 1998, was an American dancer, choreographer and director who worked across ballet, Broadway and film. As a choreographer and director for the stage he created landmark musicals including West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy and Peter Pan, winning five Tony Awards, while also serving as a longtime choreographer for New York City Ballet. In media history he is significant chiefly for co-directing the 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story with Robert Wise, for which the pair shared the Academy Award for Best Director, and he separately received an Academy Honorary Award for his career in choreography for film. He was later awarded the Kennedy Center Honors in 1981 and the National Medal of Arts in 1988.
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Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918, July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, and on stage, film, and television.
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He received two Academy Awards, including the 1961 Academy Award for Best Director with Robert Wise for West Side Story and a special Academy Honorary Award for his choreographic achievements on film.
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West Side Story is a 1961 American musical romantic drama film directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, written by Ernest Lehman, and produced by Wise.
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