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Ernest B. Schoedsack

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Director · 1893–1979 · Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

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Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernest B. Schoedsack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 16

1950s

  1. 1952

    This Is Cinerama

    Co-Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    Mighty Joe Young

    Director

  2. 1940

    Dr. Cyclops

    Director

1930s

  1. 1937

    Outlaws of the Orient

    Director

  2. Trouble in Morocco

    Director

  3. 1935

    The Last Days of Pompeii

    Director

  4. 1934

    Long Lost Father

    Director

  5. 1933

    The Son of Kong

    Director

  6. Blind Adventure

    Director

  7. King Kong

    Director

    85
  8. 1932

    The Most Dangerous Game

    Director

    78
  9. 1931

    Rango

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Four Feathers

    Director

  2. 1927

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    Director

  3. 1925

    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

    Director

1910s

  1. 1917

    Her Torpedoed Love

    Assistant Director

Produced 6

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Four Feathers

    Producer

  2. 1927

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    Producer

  3. 1925

    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

    Producer

Camera 5

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Four Feathers

    Director of Photography

  2. 1928

    Gow the Head Hunter

    Director of Photography

  3. 1927

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    Director of Photography

  4. 1925

    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

    Camera Operator

  5. 1924

    Greed

    Camera Operator

    83

Wrote 2

1930s

  1. 1931

    Rango

    Writer

1920s

  1. 1927

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    Writer

Other crew 2

1910s

  1. 1917

    Her Torpedoed Love

    Cinematography

  2. Her Fame and Shame

    Cinematography

Acted in 1

Edited 1

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Four Feathers

    Editor

Appearances2

2020s

  1. 2024

    King Kong: Monster and Myth

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1920s

  1. 1925

    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

    Self