
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.
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Acting (21 movies)

Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959

Hollywood Rated 'R'
1997

Jail Bait
1954

Lovemaking U.S.A.
1971

Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959

On the Trail of Ed Wood
1990

Dad Made Dirty Movies
2011

God Save the Queens
1995

The Sinister Urge
1960

Nympho Cycler
1971

Take It Out in Trade
1970

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
1952

Love Feast
1969

Crossroads of Laredo
1996

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

Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love!
1971

Glen or Glenda
1953

Mrs. Stone's Thing
1970

Five Loose Women
1974

Hellborn
1993

Homo Promo
1993
Directing (24 movies)

Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959

Jail Bait
1954

Glen or Glenda
1953

Revenge of the Dead
1959

Bride of the Monster
1955

Necromania: A Tale of Weird Love!
1971

The Sinister Urge
1960

Nympho Cycler
1971

Take It Out in Trade
1970

Final Curtain
1957

The Sun Was Setting
1951

Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
1952

Meatcleaver Massacre
1977

The Young Marrieds
1972

The Only House in Town
1971

The Night the Banshee Cried
1957

Crossroads of Laredo
1996

Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
1995

Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan
1960

Panty Girls
1972

Hellborn
1993

The Two Faces of Kim
1975

Cleopatra Follies
1953
Boots
1953