1924-10-10 ( 100 years old ) in 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 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.
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Movies
Astronaut's Uniform
2021-03-11
Dad Made Dirty Movies
2012-08-02
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004-07-13
Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997-06-19
Crossroads of Laredo
1996-05-01
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1996-05-01
God Save the Queens
1995-06-23
Hellborn
1993-01-01
On the Trail of Ed Wood
1990-01-01
Five Loose Women
1974-07-13
Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love!
1971-10-06
Nympho Cycler
1971-07-29
Lovemaking U.S.A.
1971-01-01
Take It Out in Trade
1970-10-15
Mrs. Stone's Thing
1970-07-11
Love Feast
1969-05-09
Operation Redlight
1969-01-01
The Sinister Urge
1960-12-08
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959-07-22
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959-07-22
Jail Bait
1954-05-12
Glen or Glenda
1953-04-01
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