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Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-06-08 (131 years old)

Place of Birth

Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Ernest B. Schoedsack

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.

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Known For

Acting

1933

King Kong as Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

1925

Directing

1949

Mighty Joe Young as Director

1940

Dr. Cyclops as Director

1937

Trouble in Morocco as Director

1935

1934

Long Lost Father as Director

1933

King Kong as Director
The Son of Kong as Director
Blind Adventure as Director

1932

1931

Rango as Director

1929

The Four Feathers as Director

1917

Her Torpedoed Love as Assistant Director

Production

1933

King Kong as Producer

1932

The Most Dangerous Game as Associate Producer

1931

Rango as Producer

1929

The Four Feathers as Producer

Camera

1933

King Kong as Camera Operator

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

1924

Greed as Camera Operator

Writing

1931

Rango as Writer

Crew

1917

Her Torpedoed Love as Cinematography
Her Fame and Shame as Cinematography

Editing

1929