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  • BIRTH 10/10/1924
  • DEATH 10/12/1978
  • Country United States
  • SHOW 1
  • MOVIES 4
  • DIRECTOR 5
  • SCRIPT 9
  • PRODUCTION 3

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Edward Davis Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978), better known as Ed Wood, was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and editor, who often performed many of these functions simultaneously. In the 1950s, Wood made a number of cheap genre films, now enjoyed for their technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, large amounts of ill-fitting stock footage, idiosyncratic dialogue, eccentric casts and outlandish plot elements, although his flair for showmanship gave his projects at least a modicum of critical success.

Wood's popularity waned soon after his biggest "name" star, Béla Lugosi, died. He was able to salvage a saleable feature from Lugosi's last moments on film, but his career declined thereafter. Toward the end of his life, Wood made pornographic movies and wrote pulp crime, horror, and sex novels. His infamy began two years after his death, when he was awarded a Golden Turkey Award as Worst Director of All Time.[1] The lack of filmmaking ability in his work has earned Wood and his films a considerable cult following.

Following the publication of Rudolph Grey's biography Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1992), Wood's life and work have undergone a public rehabilitation of sorts, with new light shed on his evident zeal and honest love of movies and movie production. Tim Burton's biopic of the director's life, Ed Wood, earned two Academy Awards.

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Edward D. Wood Jr.

Show

The Office
The Office
Repair Man

Movies (4)

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Man Holding Newspaper
Glen or Glenda
Glen or Glenda
Glen / Glenda (as Daniel Davis)
Jail Bait
Jail Bait
Radio News Announcer
The Sinister Urge
The Sinister Urge
Man in Fight

Director (5)

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Jail Bait
Jail Bait
Glen or Glenda
Glen or Glenda
The Sinister Urge
The Sinister Urge
Night of the Ghouls
Night of the Ghouls

Script (9)

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Jail Bait
Jail Bait
Glen or Glenda
Glen or Glenda
Drop Out Wife
Drop Out Wife
The Sinister Urge
The Sinister Urge
One Million AC/DC
One Million AC/DC
Night of the Ghouls
Night of the Ghouls
Shotgun Wedding
Shotgun Wedding
Orgy of the Dead
Orgy of the Dead

Production (3)

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Jail Bait
Jail Bait
Night of the Ghouls
Night of the Ghouls