Known For
Writing
Born
Oct 10, 1924
Died
Dec 10, 1978
Place of Birth
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Credits
70 titles
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
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Original Film Writer
Phantasmatapes
Original Story
The Nightgown
In Memory Of
Howl of the Werewolf
Original Story
Astronaut's Uniform
Thanks
Plan 9
Original Story
After School Massacre
In Memory Of
Dad Made Dirty Movies
Self (archive footage)
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Thanks
Devil Girls
Writer
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Screenplay
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Self (archive footage)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Himself (archive footage)
Crossroads of Laredo
Cowboy
God Save the Queens
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
Director
Homo Promo
(Archival)
Hellborn
Himself (Archive Footage)
On the Trail of Ed Wood
Self (archive footage)
Hot Ice
Screenplay
Meatcleaver Massacre
Director
The Beach Bunnies
Writer
Five Loose Women
Robbery Witness #2 / Sheriff / Pop (as Edw. D. Wood Jr.)
The Cocktail Hostesses
Extra
The Snow Bunnies
Screenplay
The Class Reunion
Screenplay
Drop Out Wife
Extra
The Young Marrieds
Director
Panty Girls
Director
Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love!
Nympho Cycler
Francis Edwards (as TV Edwards)
The Undergraduate
Writer
The Only House in Town
Producer
Lovemaking U.S.A.
Photographer
Take It Out in Trade
Alecia (as Ed Wood)
Mrs. Stone's Thing
Transvestite (as Ed Woods)
Excited
Writer
One Million AC/DC
Writer
Love Feast
Mr. Murphy (uncredited)
Operation Redlight
For Love and Money
Writer
Venus Flytrap
Writer
Orgy of the Dead
Screenplay
Shotgun Wedding
Screenplay
Married Too Young
Writer
Anatomy of a Psycho
Story
The Sinister Urge
Man in Fight (uncredited)
Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan
Director
Revenge of the Virgins
Story
Revenge of the Dead
Man in Fight (uncredited)