Ernest B. Schoedsack

Personal Info

Known ForDirecting
Born1893-06-08
BirthplaceCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Directing

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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Filmography

Acting (3)

2024
King Kong: Monster and Mythas Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
7.2
1933
King Kongas Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)
7.6

Production & Directing (32)

1952
This Is CineramaCo-Director
5.6
1949
6.4
1940
Dr. CyclopsDirector
6.2
5.3
1937
6.5
1934
5.9
1933
5.4
1933
6.3
1933
King KongDirector
7.6
1933
King KongProducer
7.6
1932
The Most Dangerous GameAssociate Producer
6.9
1931
RangoDirector
8.2
1931
RangoWriter
8.2
1931
RangoProducer
8.2
1929
5.0
5.0
1929
The Four FeathersDirector of Photography
5.0
1929
5.0
1928
Gow the Head HunterDirector of Photography
6.3
1927
Chang: A Drama of the WildernessDirector of Photography
6.7
7.7
1924
GreedCamera Operator
7.3
1917
Her Torpedoed LoveCinematography
5.0
1917
Her Torpedoed LoveAssistant Director
5.0
1917
Her Fame and ShameCinematography
4.8