Ernest B. Schoedsack
American film director, cinematographer, producer, and photographer (1893-1979) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 86
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack was an American motion picture cinematographer, producer, and director. Schoedsack worked as a cameraman in World War I, where he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. At the conclusion of the war, he stayed in Europe to further his career.
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This Is CineramaFilm, Director1949
Mighty Joe YoungFilm, Director1940
Dr. CyclopsFilm, Director1937
Outlaws of the OrientFilm, Director1935
The Last Days of PompeiiFilm, Director1934
Long Lost FatherFilm, Director1933
Blind AdventureFilm, Director
King KongFilm, 1933Director, Producer1932
The Most Dangerous GameFilm, Director1931
RangoFilm, Director, Writer1929
The Four FeathersFilm, Director, Producer1927
Chang: A Drama of the WildernessFilm, Director, Writer1925
Grass: A Nation's Battle for LifeFilm, Director, Producer1893Born8 June 1893People around Ernest
Merian C. Cooper Produced King Kong and The Son of Kong
Robert Armstrong Ernest directed King Kong and Mighty Joe Young
Noble Johnson Ernest directed King Kong and The Son of Kong
Fay Wray Ernest directed King Kong (1933)
Frank Reicher Ernest directed King Kong and The Son of Kong
James Flavin Ernest produced King Kong (1933)
Steve Clemente Ernest directed King Kong (1933)
David O. Selznick Produced King Kong and The Most Dangerous Game
Jack Holt Ernest directed Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
Helen Mack Ernest produced The Son of Kong (1934)
Harry Tenbrook Ernest directed King Kong (1933)
Reginald Barlow Ernest directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
John Ford Produced Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Basil Rathbone Ernest directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Ralph Bellamy Ernest directed Blind Adventure (1933)
Louis Calhern Ernest directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Paul Fix Ernest directed Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Edward Van Sloan Ernest directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Marie Osborne Ernest directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
Frank McHugh Ernest directed Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Dorothy Wilson Ernest directed The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
G. Raymond Nye Ernest directed King Kong (1933)
Charles Sullivan Ernest produced King Kong (1933)
Janice Logan Ernest directed Dr. Cyclops (1940)
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King Kong 1933
The Most Dangerous Game 1932
Mighty Joe Young 1949
Dr. Cyclops 1940
The Son of Kong 1933
Also in Deutsch
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He worked on several films with Merian C. Cooper including King Kong, Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, and The Most Dangerous Game. He also collaborated with screenwriter Ruth Rose, whom he later married.
