Ernest B. Schoedsack
American film director, cinematographer, producer, and photographer (1893-1979)
2.48body-of-work score · ranked #435 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- June 8, 1893 · Council Bluffs
- Died
- December 23, 1979 · Santa Monica
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film producer, film director, cinematographer, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1933 · United States · adventure, horror, fantasy
AFI 100 (2007) #41 · AFI 100 (1998) #43 · TIME All-TIME 100
1.748 citations - 20.361 citation
- 30.231 citation
- 40.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1925Grass
- 1927Chang
- 1929The Four Feathers
- 1931Rango
- 1932The Most Dangerous Game
- 1933Blind Adventure
- 1933King Kong
- 1933The Monkey's Paw
- 1933The Son of Kong
- 1934Long Lost Father
- 1935The Last Days of Pompeii
- 1937Outlaws of the Orient
- 1937Trouble in Morocco
- 1940Dr. Cyclops
- 1949Mighty Joe Young