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Ernest B. Schoedsack

1893 - 1979

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Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) was an American motion picture cinematographer, producer, and director. Schoedsack worked as a cameraman in World War I, where he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. At the conclusion of the war, he stayed in Europe to further his career. He worked on several films with Merian C. Cooper including King Kong, Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, and The Most Dangerous Game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest B. Schoedsack is the 595th most popular film director (up from 822nd in 2019), the 4,422nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,202nd in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 595 out of 2,041. Before him are Paul Haggis, Seijun Suzuki, Ken Annakin, John Lasseter, Ralph Bakshi, and Yorgos Lanthimos. After him are Gérard Krawczyk, Ildikó Enyedi, Aleksandr Ptushko, Robert Mulligan, Kaneto Shindo, and Burt Kennedy.

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Among people born in 1893, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 150. Before him are George Ohsawa, Meghnad Saha, Rued Langgaard, Costante Girardengo, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, and Hilda Geiringer. After him are Freya Stark, Herbert Read, Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, Rahul Sankrityayan, Vicente Huidobro, and Archduke Leo Karl of Austria. Among people deceased in 1979, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 117. Before him are Marcel L'Herbier, August Heissmeyer, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, James J. Gibson, Georges Florovsky, and Jack Haley. After him are Issa Pliyev, Jean Rhys, David Butler, Barbara Hutton, Rebecca Clarke, and Walter Legge.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 4,422 out of 20,380. Before him are William Baumol (1922), Charles Murray (1943), Philo Farnsworth (1906), Joe Pass (1929), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), and Jennifer Morrison (1979). After him are Richard Carpenter (1946), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Deke Slayton (1924), Gary Peters (1958), William Zabka (1965), and Daron Malakian (1975).

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