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Ernest B. Schoedsack(1893-1979)

  • Director
  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Ernest B. Schoedsack in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Ernest B. Schoedsack was born on 8 June 1893 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Dr. Cyclops (1940), The Most Dangerous Game (1932) and Rango (1931). He was married to Ruth Rose. He died on 23 December 1979 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
BornJune 8, 1893
DiedDecember 23, 1979(86)
BornJune 8, 1893
DiedDecember 23, 1979(86)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Known for

Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Dr. Cyclops
6.4
  • Director
  • 1940
Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, and Fay Wray in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game
7.1
  • Director
  • 1932
Rango (1931)
Rango
6.0
  • Director
  • 1931
Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in The Four Feathers (1929)
The Four Feathers
6.9
  • Director
  • 1929

Credits

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Director



  • Remastered Version Movie Poster
    This Is Cinerama
    6.9
    • Director (prologue only, uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Mighty Joe Young (1949)
    Mighty Joe Young
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Dr. Cyclops (1940)
    Dr. Cyclops
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Mae Clarke and Jack Holt in Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
    Outlaws of the Orient
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1937
  • Mae Clarke, C. Henry Gordon, and Jack Holt in Trouble in Morocco (1937)
    Trouble in Morocco
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1937
  • The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
    The Last Days of Pompeii
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1935
  • John Barrymore and Helen Chandler in Long Lost Father (1934)
    Long Lost Father
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack in Son of Kong (1933)
    Son of Kong
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1933
  • Blind Adventure (1933)
    Blind Adventure
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1933
  • King Kong (1933)
    King Kong
    7.9
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • The Monkey's Paw (1933)
    The Monkey's Paw
    6.7
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, and Fay Wray in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
    The Most Dangerous Game
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1932
  • Rango (1931)
    Rango
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1931
  • Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in The Four Feathers (1929)
    The Four Feathers
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Ladah and Bimbo the Monkey in Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1927

Cinematographer



  • Gow in Gow (1931)
    Gow
    5.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1931
  • Rango (1931)
    Rango
    6.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1931
  • Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in The Four Feathers (1929)
    The Four Feathers
    6.9
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Captain Salisbury's Ra-Mu
    • Cinematographer
    • 1929
  • The Lost Empire
    • Cinematographer
    • 1929
  • Gow the Head Hunter (1928)
    Gow the Head Hunter
    5.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1928
  • Ladah and Bimbo the Monkey in Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
    6.8
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1927
  • Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
    7.7
    • Cinematographer (recorded for the screen by)
    • 1925
  • Beach of Dreams (1921)
    Beach of Dreams
    7.0
    • Cinematographer (as Felix Schoedsack)
    • 1921
  • A Dark Room Secret
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1917
  • A Love Case
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1917
  • His Widow's Might
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1917
  • Louise Fazenda and Ford Sterling in Her Torpedoed Love (1917)
    Her Torpedoed Love
    5.8
    Short
    • Cinematographer (as Felix Schoedsack)
    • 1917
  • Her Fame and Shame (1917)
    Her Fame and Shame
    5.8
    Short
    • Cinematographer (as Felix Schoedsack)
    • 1917
  • Louise Fazenda and Charles Murray in Her Marble Heart (1916)
    Her Marble Heart
    Short
    • Cinematographer (as Felix Schoedsack)
    • 1916

Camera and Electrical Department



  • Eddie Albert, Leif Erickson, Evelyn Ankers, Diana Barrymore, Nigel Bruce, Jon Hall, and Robert Stack in Eagle Squadron (1942)
    Eagle Squadron
    6.3
    • background photography
    • 1942
  • Gary Cooper in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
    The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
    7.0
    • camera operator: background shots, India
    • director of photography: background shots, India (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack in Son of Kong (1933)
    Son of Kong
    5.6
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • King Kong (1933)
    King Kong
    7.9
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Greed (1924)
    Greed
    8.0
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1924
  • Charlot, Charlot!
    Short
    • assistant camera
    • 1919

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • E.B. Schoedsack
  • Height
    • 6′ 6″ (1.98 m)
  • Born
    • June 8, 1893
    • Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
  • Died
    • December 23, 1979
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Ruth Rose1926 - June 8, 1978 (her death, 1 child)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Print Biography

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Ado Kyrou wrote that Schoedsack met Ruth Rose in the Brazilian jungle of Amazonia, when they were conducting separate exploration projects ("Amour Erotisme et Cinema", Le Terrain vague, Paris; page 239). The truth is that in 1925, they were engaged respectively as cameraman and historian by the Cooper-Schoedsack Productions (with Merian C. Cooper, who was director of the department of tropical research of the New York Zoological Society from 1919) to film the exotic the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) with a linear narrative, as Schoedsack had done in Persia and Siam. Theirs was a case of love at first sight; they married in 1926.
  • Nickname
    • Monty

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