Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Edward Davis "Ed" Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, actor, author, and film editor.
In the 1950s, Wood made a number of low-budget science-fiction, horror, and cowboy genre films. In the 1960s and 1970s, he made sexploitation movies and wrote over 80 pulp crime, horror, and sex novels. In 1980 he was posthumously awarded a Golden Turkey Award as Worst Director of All Time, renewing public interest in his work Wood's unsuccessful career and camp approach has earned him and his films a 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, leading up to director Tim Burton's biopic of Wood's life, Ed Wood (1994), a critically acclaimed film which earned two Academy Awards.
Read more about Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Early Years, Military Service, Discharge, Hollywood, Authored Books and Novels, Later Years and Death, Crossdressing Fetish, Legacy, Documentaries, Lost Films
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