Ernest B. Schoedsack

Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack June 8 1893 December 23 1979 was an American motion picture cinematographer director and producer Born in Council Bluffs Iowa Schoedsack is probably best remembered for being the codirector of the 1933 film King Kong His eyesight was severely damaged in World War II yet he continued to direct films afterwards He directed Mighty Joe Young at RKO in 1949 which was a reunion film of the main King Kong creative team Cooper Rose and OBrien He married screenwriter Ruth Rose They are interred together at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles California Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernest B Schoedsack licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia