Ernest B. Schoedsack photo

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Directing
1893-06-08
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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Known For 3 titles
King Kong (1933) subtitle poster
King Kong
1933 Movie
as Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)
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King Kong: Monster and Myth (2024) subtitle poster
King Kong: Monster and Myth
2024 Movie
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) subtitle poster
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
1925 Movie
as Self
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