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Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director 1893 - 1979

Ernest B. Schoedsack

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... Read full bio →

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King Kong

King Kong

Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper 1933 1h 40m 8.4

An adventure film about a film crew in search of a monster on a remote island. The crew finds King Kong and decides to take him back to New York as a money making spectacle. The film is a masterpiece of Stop-Motion in filmmaking history and inspired a line of King Kong films.

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper 1925 1h 11m 8.0

A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures.

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