Ernest B. Schoedsack (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Ernest B. Schoedsack

Looking for reviews of films directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack? Cinafilm has a total of 857 reviews across 7 movies directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 67%.

King Kong is Ernest B. Schoedsack's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 659 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Ernest B. Schoedsack is The Son of Kong, with a score of 53% based on 1 reviews.

Director Biography

Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) what is 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 what 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.

Ernest B. Schoedsack has directed films starring Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, James Flavin and Noble Johnson.

Ernest B. Schoedsack has collaborated with these film directors: Merian C. Cooper and Irving Pichel.