Ed Wood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ed Wood

American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and film editor

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1924

Place of Birth: Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1978

Profession: screenwriter, writer, stage actor, film director, film producer, novelist, film editor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Edward Davis Wood Jr.
(October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and author. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films, notably Glen or Glenda (1953), Jail Bait (1954), Bride of the Monster (1955), Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), Night of the Ghouls (1959) and The Sinister Urge (1960).
In the 1960s and 1970s, he moved towards sexploitation and pornographic films, and wrote over 80 pulp crime, horror and sex novels.
Notable for their campy aesthetics, technical errors, unsophisticated special effects, ill-fitting 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.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, the film received two Academy Awards.