Edward D. Wood Jr.

Known for WritingBorn 1924-10-10Died 1978-12-10Poughkeepsie, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Astronaut's Uniform

On the Trail of Ed Wood

Panty Girls

Lovemaking U.S.A.

Operation Redlight

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

Boots

Hellborn

Phantasmatapes

Dad Made Dirty Movies

The Undergraduate

The Night the Banshee Cried

Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan

The Baron of Arizona

The Lawless Rider

Son Of The Renegade

Wetbacks

Hollywood Rated 'R'

Homo Promo

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

Shotgun Wedding

Married Too Young

The Sun Was Setting

Final Curtain

Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes

Devil Girls

Five Loose Women

After School Massacre

Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love!

Glen or Glenda

The Young Marrieds

Anatomy of a Psycho

Meatcleaver Massacre

Revenge of the Dead

Take It Out in Trade

Plan 9

Bride of the Monster

For Love and Money

The Violent Years

Plan 9 from Outer Space

The Bride and the Beast

The Nightgown

One Million AC/DC

Outlaw Queen

The Astounding She-Monster

The Only House in Town

Crossroads of Laredo