Ernest B. Schoedsack
Film director
1893 – 1979
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Who was Ernest B. Schoedsack?
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack was an American motion picture cinematographer, producer, and director.
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.
He married screenwriter Ruth Rose. They are interred together at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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- Born
- Jun 8, 1893
Council Bluffs - Also known as
- Ernest Schoedsack
- Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack
- Felix Schoedsack
- E.B. Schoedsack
- Monty
- Spouses
- Ruth Rose
(1926 - 1978/06/08)
- Ruth Rose
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Iowa
- Died
- Dec 23, 1979
Los Angeles County - Resting place
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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