Edward Davis Wood Jr. was an American filmmaker, actor, and author. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films, notably Glen or Glenda, Jail Bait, Bride of the Monster, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Night of the Ghouls and The Sinister Urge. In the 1960s and 1970s, he moved towards sexploitation and pornographic films, and wrote over 80 pulp crime, horror and sex novels. Notable for their campy aesthetics, technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, use of ill-fitting stock footage, eccentric casts, idiosyncratic stories and non sequitur dialogue, Wood's films remained largely obscure until he was posthumously awarded a Golden Turkey Award for Worst Director of All Time in 1980, renewing public interest in his life and work. Following the publication of Rudolph Grey's 1992 oral biography Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr., a biopic of his life, Ed Wood, was directed by Tim Burton.
| Born | Edward Davis Wood Jr, October 10, 1924, Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 1978, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Daniel Davis, Ann Gora, Edward D. Wood Jr, Akdov Telmig |
| Occupation | Filmmaker, author, actor |
| Years active | 1947–1978 |
About Ed Wood
The Tim Burton directed film finds Edward D. Wood Jr trying to fulfill his dreams of becoming a movie director despite a lack of support.
Achievement of Ed Wood
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski wrote the movie while in school at the University of Southern California. Martin Landau won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as Bela Lugosi.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Ed Wood
Ed Wood Category.. B movie - A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not an arthouse film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double feature.. Z movie - Z movies are low-budget films that have qualities lower than B movies.. Tanio Boccia, nicknamed the"Italian Ed Wood".. John Waters - John Samuel Waters Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and artist. Born and raised in Baltimore, Waters rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, and Female Trouble.. William C. Thompson was Wood's cinematographer for all but Take It Out in Trade.. Male-to-female cross-dressers.. Science fiction film directors.. Pulp fiction writers.. Horror film directors.. American film editors.
