Ernest B. Schoedsack
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Ernest B. Schoedsack

Jun 8, 1893 - Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

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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Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1925Grass: A Nation's Battle for LifeSelf
Movie1933King KongMachine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)
Movie2024King Kong: Monster and MythSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Crew

Media
Movie1933King KongDirectorDirecting
Movie1933King KongProducerProduction
Movie1933King KongCamera OperatorCamera
Movie1932The Most Dangerous GameDirectorDirecting
Movie1940Dr. CyclopsDirectorDirecting
Movie1927Chang: A Drama of the WildernessWriterWriting
Movie1933The Son of KongDirectorDirecting
Movie1927Chang: A Drama of the WildernessDirectorDirecting
Movie1949Mighty Joe YoungDirectorDirecting
Movie1929The Four FeathersDirectorDirecting
Movie1925Grass: A Nation's Battle for LifeDirectorDirecting
Movie1928Gow the Head HunterDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1935The Last Days of PompeiiDirectorDirecting
Movie1933Blind AdventureDirectorDirecting
Movie1934Long Lost FatherDirectorDirecting
Movie1925Grass: A Nation's Battle for LifeProducerProduction
Movie1925Grass: A Nation's Battle for LifeCamera OperatorCamera
Movie1937Outlaws of the OrientDirectorDirecting
Movie1917Her Torpedoed LoveCinematographyCrew
Movie1917Her Torpedoed LoveAssistant DirectorDirecting
Movie1937Trouble in MoroccoDirectorDirecting
Movie1917Her Fame and ShameCinematographyCrew
Movie1931RangoDirectorDirecting
Movie1927Chang: A Drama of the WildernessProducerProduction
Movie1927Chang: A Drama of the WildernessDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1924GreedCamera OperatorCamera
Movie1931RangoWriterWriting
Movie1931RangoProducerProduction
Movie1929The Four FeathersProducerProduction
Movie1929The Four FeathersDirector of PhotographyCamera
Movie1929The Four FeathersEditorEditing
Movie1932The Most Dangerous GameAssociate ProducerProduction