Portrait of Ernest B. Schoedsack

Directing

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Career

Active from 1925 to 1949, busiest in 1933 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ernest B. Schoedsack Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.1, average 3.0
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.0, average 3.7
  • Situational Comedy
    1.1, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Adventure 2
  • Monster Movie 2
  • Pioneering Special Effects 2
  • Man vs. Nature 2
  • Spectacle 2
  • Adventure 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title ยท average score 80
This Is Cinerama
This Is Cinerama (1952)
GoodWatch score 80

Co-Director

1940s

2 titles ยท average score 70
Mighty Joe Young
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Dr. Cyclops
Dr. Cyclops (1940)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

1930s

9 titles ยท average score 63
Outlaws of the Orient
Outlaws of the Orient (1937)

Director

Trouble in Morocco
Trouble in Morocco (1937)

Director

The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

Long Lost Father
Long Lost Father (1934)

Director

King Kong
King Kong (1933)
GoodWatch score 86

as Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

The Son of Kong
The Son of Kong (1933)
GoodWatch score 45

Director

Blind Adventure
Blind Adventure (1933)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Associate Producer

Rango
Rango (1931)

Director, Producer

1920s

5 titles ยท average score 79
The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers (1929)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography, Director

Gow the Head Hunter
Gow the Head Hunter (1928)

Director of Photography

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Writer

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
GoodWatch score 90

Producer, Camera Operator

Greed
Greed (1924)
GoodWatch score 88

Camera Operator

1910s

2 titles
Her Torpedoed Love
Her Torpedoed Love (1917)

Assistant Director, Cinematography

Her Fame and Shame
Her Fame and Shame (1917)

Cinematography