American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and film editor
This article is about the film director. For the film about his life, see Ed Wood (film).
For other people named Edward Wood, see Edward Wood (disambiguation).
Ed Wood
Wood in Glen or Glenda (1953)
Born
Edward Davis Wood Jr.
(1924-10-10)October 10, 1924
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Died
December 10, 1978(1978-12-10) (aged 54)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names
Daniel Davis Ann Gora Edward D. Wood Jr. Akdov Telmig Larry Lee Dr. T.K. Peters Peter LaRoche Don Miller
Occupations
Filmmaker
author
actor
Years active
1947–1978
Spouses
Norma McCarty
(m. 1956; sep. 1956)
Kathy O'Hara
(m. 1956–1978)
Children
1 daughter
Military career
Service/branch
United States Marine Corps
Years of service
1942–1944
Battles/wars
World War II
Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and pulp novelist.
In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult classics, notably Glen or Glenda (1953), Jail Bait (1954), Bride of the Monster (1955), Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) and Night of the Ghouls (1959).[1] In the 1960s and 1970s, he moved towards sexploitation and pornographic films such as The Sinister Urge (1960), Orgy of the Dead (1965) and Necromania (1971), and wrote over 80 lurid pulp crime and sex novels.
Notable for their campy aesthetics, technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, use of poorly-matched 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.[2]
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 (1994), was directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp as Wood and Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, the film received critical acclaim and various awards, including two Academy Awards.
^Rudolph Grey, Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1992). pg. 197. ISBN 978-0-922915-24-8.
Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr., a biopic of his life, EdWood (1994), was directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp as Wood and Martin Landau as Bela...
produced or directed by EdWood. Acting roles are also noted. Rudolph Grey, Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. (1992). pg. 197...
EdWood may refer to: Edward Wood (MP) (fl. 1584–86), English politician Sir Edward Wood (diplomat), British envoy to Sweden in the 1670s Edward Wood...
of the low-budget film director EdWood. She played the protagonist's girlfriend in Glen or Glenda, co-starred in Wood's Jail Bait, and had a minor role...
Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and the biographical dramas EdWood (1994) and Big Eyes (2014). Starting in 2022 Burton has directed several...
in low-budget films; some of these were directed by EdWood, including a brief appearance in Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space (released posthumously in 1957)...
Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of Bela Lugosi in EdWood (1994). Other notable roles include in Cleopatra (1963), The Greatest Story...
science fiction-horror film produced, written, directed, and edited by EdWood. The film was shot in black-and-white in November 1956 and had a preview...
psychologically damaged male character who was made to wear pink dresses as a child. EdWood appears in drag on the cover of this book. Bloodiest Sex Crimes of History...
by EdWood—Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) and Night of the Ghouls (1959)—and also appeared in Orgy of the Dead (1965), which was written by Wood. Criswell...
Atomic Monster, but a lack of financing prevented any production. Later EdWood revived the project as The Monster of the Marshes. Actual shooting began...
(1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), EdWood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon...
Rudolph Grey is a musician and the biographer of filmmaker EdWood. As an electric guitarist, Grey has recorded and performed with Mars, under his own...
she appeared in the 1959 cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space, directed by EdWood. She is also billed as Vampira, despite not playing the character, in the...
horror film by EdWood, released in 1971. It was produced, written, directed and edited entirely by Wood. The screenplay was based on Wood's own novel, The...
in several critically acclaimed films, including True Romance (1993), EdWood (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Lost Highway (1997), The Hi-Lo Country...
films such as Cool Hand Luke (1967), Chinatown (1974), Splash (1984), EdWood (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001)...
portrayed supporting roles in Tootsie (1982), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), EdWood (1994), Kingpin (1996), and Osmosis Jones (2001). He started his long-term...
actress, best known for the brevity of her career and her work with director EdWood. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, she performed in Mister Roberts at the Sombrero...
as Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's EdWood (1994). Barnes, Mike (July 16, 2017). "Martin Landau, Oscar Winner for 'EdWood,' Dies at 89". The Hollywood Reporter...
is best known for her role as "Ghoulita", the Black Ghoul, in the 1965 EdWood sexploitation film script Orgy of the Dead (directed Stephen C . Apostolif)...
nomination. She is also known for co-starring as Loretta King in Tim Burton's EdWood. Landau was born in Los Angeles to actor parents Martin Landau and Barbara...
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