Edward D. Wood Jr.

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1924-10-10

Deathday 1978-12-10 (54 years old)

Place of Birth Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

Also Known As Ed Wood, Ед Вуд, Едвард Вуд, Hank Barnum, Daniel Davis, Edward Davis, TV Edwards, Edward Everett, Flint Holloway, Pete La Roche, Pete La Rouche, Pete LaRoche, Don Miller, Akdon Telmig, Akdov Telmig, Dick Trent, Richard Trent, Edw. D. Wood Jr., Ed Wood Jr., E.D. Wood, Ed Woods, Shirlee Lane, Shirley Wood, 에드 우드

Edward D. Wood Jr.

Biography

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.

Known For

Writer

2022
Howl of the Werewolf

as Original Story

2015
Plan 9

as Original Story

1999
Devil Girls

as Writer

1996
1978
Hot Ice

as Screenplay

1976
1974
Five Loose Women

as Screenplay

1973
1972
The Snow Bunnies

as Screenplay

1972
Class Reunion

as Screenplay

1972
Drop Out Wife

as Screenplay

1972
The Young Marrieds

as Screenplay

1971
1971
Nympho Cycler

as Writer

1971
1970
Excited

as Writer

1970
1969
1969
Love Feast

as Writer

1967
1967
1965
Orgy of the Dead

as Screenplay

1963
Shotgun Wedding

as Screenplay

1962
1961
1960
1959
1959
1959
1958
1957
Outlaw Queen

as Screenplay

1957
Final Curtain

as Writer

1956
1956
Wetbacks

as Writer

1955
1954
1954
Jail Bait

as Screenplay

1953
1953
Glen or Glenda

as Screenplay

1953
1951

Actor

2021
Astronaut's Uniform

as dedication of the film

2012
Dad Made Dirty Movies

as Himself (archive footage)

2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Glen / Glenda (archive footage)

1997
Hollywood Rated 'R'

as Self (archive footage)

1996
Crossroads of Laredo

as Young Cowboy

1996
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

as Himself (archive footage)

1993
Hellborn

as Himself (Archive Footage)

1990
On the Trail of Ed Wood

as Self (archive footage)

1986
Horrible Horror

as Glen/Glenda in 'Glen or Glenda'

1974
Five Loose Women

as Robbery Witness #2 / Sheriff / Pop

1971
Nympho Cycler

as Francis Edwards (as TV Edwards)

1971
Lovemaking U.S.A.

as Photographer

1970
1970
Mrs. Stone's Thing

as Transvestite (as Ed Woods)

1969
Love Feast

as Mr. Murphy (uncredited)

1960
The Sinister Urge

as Man in Fight

1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space

as Man Holding Newspaper

1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space

as Man Holding Newspaper (uncredited)

1954
Jail Bait

as Radio News Announcer

1953
Glen or Glenda

as Glen / Glenda (as Daniel Davis)

Director

1996
1993
Hellborn

as Director

1978
Hot Ice

as Assistant Director

1977
1974
Five Loose Women

as Assistant Director

1972
The Young Marrieds

as Director

1972
Panty Girls

as Director

1971
Nympho Cycler

as Director

1971
1970
1960
The Sinister Urge

as Director

1959
1959
1957
Final Curtain

as Director

1955
1954
Jail Bait

as Director

1953
Glen or Glenda

as Director

1951

Producer

1971
1971
Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love!

as Production Manager

1959
1959
1957
Final Curtain

as Producer

1955
1954
Jail Bait

as Producer

Editor

1957
Final Curtain

as Supervising Editor

Crew

2023
The Nightgown

as In Memory Of

2014
After School Massacre

as In Memory Of

1950