Director
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Born June 8, 1893 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USADied December 23, 197914 films
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) was an American motion picture cinematographer, director, and producer.
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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.
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14 films as director- 1949Mighty Joe YoungDirector
- 1940Dr. CyclopsDirector
- 1937Outlaws of the OrientDirector
- 1937Trouble in MoroccoDirector
- 1935The Last Days of PompeiiDirector
- 1934Long Lost FatherDirector
- 1933The Son of KongDirector
- 1933Blind AdventureDirector
- 1933King KongDirector
- 1932The Most Dangerous GameDirector
- 1931RangoDirector
- 1929The Four FeathersDirector
- 1927Chang: A Drama of the WildernessDirector
- 1925Grass: A Nation's Battle for LifeDirector