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Aliases: 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

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Poughkeepsie, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 102

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Average
4

Plan 9 from Outer Space

(1959) Screenplay
Glen or Glenda
Average
4

Glen or Glenda

(1953) Screenplay
Orgy of the Dead
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3

Orgy of the Dead

(1965) Screenplay
Bride of the Monster
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4

Bride of the Monster

(1955) Writer
Jail Bait
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4

Jail Bait

(1954) Screenplay
Night of the Ghouls
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5

Night of the Ghouls

(1959) Writer
Five Loose Women
Average
5

Five Loose Women

(1974) Screenplay
After School Massacre
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4

After School Massacre

(2014) In Memory Of

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 dedication of the film
2012 Himself (archive footage)
2004 Glen / Glenda (archive footage)
1997 Self (archive footage)
1996 Young Cowboy
Himself (archive footage)
1995 N/A
1993 Himself (Archive Footage)
1990 Self (archive footage)
1989 Self (archival footage)
1986 Glen/Glenda in 'Glen or Glenda'
1974 Robbery Witness #2 / Sheriff / Pop
1971 N/A
Francis Edwards (as TV Edwards)
Photographer
1970 Alecia
Transvestite (as Ed Woods)
1969 Mr. Murphy (uncredited)
N/A
1960 Man in Fight
1959 Man Holding Newspaper
Man Holding Newspaper (uncredited)
1954 Radio News Announcer
1953 Glen / Glenda (as Daniel Davis)
1952 Pony Express Rider
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 In Memory Of
2014 In Memory Of
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2012 Writer
1999 Writer
1998 Screenplay
1996 Writer
1978 Screenplay
1976 Writer
1974 Screenplay
1973 Screenplay
1972 Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
1971 Novel
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Novel
Screenplay
1970 Writer
Writer
1969 Writer
Writer
1967 Writer
Writer
1965 Screenplay
1963 Screenplay
1962 Writer
1961 Story
1960 Writer
1959 Story
Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer
1958 Screenplay
1957 Screenplay
Writer
Writer
1956 Writer
Writer
1955 Writer
1954 Writer
Screenplay
1953 Story
Screenplay
Writer
1952 Writer
1951 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2012 Supervising Editor
1971 Editor
1959 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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