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Ernest B. Schoedsack Biography

Birth Name:Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack

Birth Place:Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States

Profession Director, Cinematographer, Producer, Camera department, Writer, Editor, Actor

Fast Facts

Aided the Red Cross in helping escaping refugees during the Russo-Polish War in 1919 and again during the Greco-Turkish War in 1921
Enlisted in the U․S․ military during World War I and served as a cameraman in the Signal Corps in France
Was working as a surveyor in San Francisco when his brother helped him get a job as a cameraman with Mack Sennett in 1914
Founded Cooper-Schoedsack Productions with Merian C․ Cooper, filming what they called "natural dramas," part documentary and part travelogue with a linear narrative
Best known as a cinematographer, producer, and director who worked on "King Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young․"
Filmed much of "King Kong" with Merian C․ Cooper after hours on the set that was used for 1932's "The Most Dangerous Game" during the day