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Edward D. Wood Jr.
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
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 perf…
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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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Movie Original Film Writer
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2023
The Nightgown
Movie In Memory Of
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2022
Howl of the Werewolf
Movie Original Story
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2021
Astronaut's Uniform
Movie Thanks
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2015
Plan 9
Movie Original Story
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2014
After School Massacre
Movie In Memory Of
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2011
Dad Made Dirty Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
Movie Thanks
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1999
Devil Girls
Movie Writer
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1998
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
Movie Screenplay
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1997
Hollywood Rated 'R'
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1996
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Movie Himself (archive footage)
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1996
Crossroads of Laredo
Movie Cowboy
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1995
God Save the Queens
Movie
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1995
Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
Movie Director
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1993
Homo Promo
Movie (Archival)
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1993
Hellborn
Movie Himself (Archive Footage)
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1990
On the Trail of Ed Wood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1977
Hot Ice
Movie Screenplay
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1977
Meatcleaver Massacre
Movie Director
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1976
The Beach Bunnies
Movie Writer
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1974
Five Loose Women
Movie Robbery Witness #2 / Sheriff / Pop (as Edw. D. Wood Jr.)
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1973
The Cocktail Hostesses
Movie Extra
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1972
The Snow Bunnies
Movie Screenplay
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1972
The Class Reunion
Movie Screenplay
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1972
Drop Out Wife
Movie Extra
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1972
The Young Marrieds
Movie Director
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1972
Panty Girls
Movie Director
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1971
Nympho Cycler
Movie Francis Edwards (as TV Edwards)
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1971
The Undergraduate
Movie Writer
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1971
The Only House in Town
Movie Producer
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1971
Lovemaking U.S.A.
Movie Photographer
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1970
Take It Out in Trade
Movie Alecia (as Ed Wood)
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1970
Mrs. Stone's Thing
Movie Transvestite (as Ed Woods)
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1970
Excited
Movie Writer
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1969
One Million AC/DC
Movie Writer
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1969
Love Feast
Movie Mr. Murphy (uncredited)
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1969
Operation Redlight
Movie
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1967
For Love and Money
Movie Writer
