Ernest B. Schoedsack

Birth Name:

Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack

Birth Place:

Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States

Profession

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

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
Best known as a cinematographer, producer, and director who worked on "King Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young․"
Founded Cooper-Schoedsack Productions with Merian C․ Cooper, filming what they called "natural dramas," part documentary and part travelogue with a linear narrative
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

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