Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Editor
June 8, 1893 — December 23, 1979 (86 years)
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) was an American motion picture cinematographer, director, and producer.
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Schoedsack is probably best remembered for being the co-director of the 1933 film, King Kong.
His eyesight was severely damaged in World War II, yet he continued to direct films afterwards. He directed Mighty Joe Young at RKO in 1949, which was a reunion film of the main King Kong creative team (Cooper, Rose, and O'Brien).
He married screenwriter, Ruth Rose. They are interred together at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Schoedsack is probably best remembered for being the co-director of the 1933 film, King Kong.
His eyesight was severely damaged in World War II, yet he continued to direct films afterwards. He directed Mighty Joe Young at RKO in 1949, which was a reunion film of the main King Kong creative team (Cooper, Rose, and O'Brien).
He married screenwriter, Ruth Rose. They are interred together at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernest B. Schoedsack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
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| 1933 | |
| 1932 | The Most Dangerous GameOn Plex |
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| 1925 |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | |
| 1932 | The Most Dangerous Game · as Associate ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1925 |
| 1933 | King Kong · as Machine-Gunner On Plane That Kills Kong (uncredited) |
| 2024 | King Kong: Monster and Myth · as Self - Filmmaker (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | |
| 1925 | Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life · as Self |
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| 1929 |
| 1931 | Gow · as CinematographerOn Plex |
| 1931 | Rango · as Cinematographer |
| 1929 | The Four Feathers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1928 | Gow the Head Hunter · as Director Of Photography |
| 1927 | Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness · as Director Of Photography |
| 1925 | Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life · as Cinematographer |