Known for Writing
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
October 10, 1924
Died
December 10, 1978 (age 54)
Birthplace
Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Filmography
106 films


Crossroads of Laredo
1996 · 23m
Tex is a gunslinger who murders a cowboy and steals his money. Lem is an honest man who wants nothing more than to marry Barbara. When Tex marries Barbara and treats her badly, Lem decides to settle the score.


Take It Out in Trade: The Outtakes
1995 · 1h 10m · US
Outtakes to the once lost Edward D. Wood Jr. film from 1970. For nearly two decades these outtakes were all that was known to survive.


Hellborn
1993 · 55m · US
Conrad Brooks discusses "Hellborn," his unfinished movie with Ed Wood, and other projects


Meatcleaver Massacre
1977 · 1h 25m · US
Four crazed killers butchered his wife, son and daughter. From his hospital deathbed he called upon the power of the occult for revenge... And he got it, he really got it!


Nympho Cycler
1971 · 52m
A hippy girl who loves her bike has sex with a variety of people.


The Only House in Town
1971 · 55m · US
A collection of explicitly simulated sexual vignettes ranging from rape and orgy to historical events.


Take It Out in Trade
1970 · 1h 20m · US
A couple hire a detective to locate their missing daughter. He finds her in a "house of ill-repute."


The Sinister Urge
1960 · 1h 11m · US
A flunky for a porno movie ring starts murdering the smut films' lead actresses.


Trick Shooting with Kenne Duncan
1960 · 9m · US
The film consists of Kenne Duncan performing trick shooting stunts and showcasing weapons by Remington Arms. The weapons showcased were a Remington Model 552 and a Remington Nylon 66.


Revenge of the Dead
1959 · 1h 9m · US
Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow's place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead. But he may get more than he bargained for...


Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957 · 1h 18m · US
In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife, and dies the day after she is buried. However, the space soldier Eros and his mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both, alongside the strong Inspector Clay, who was murdered by the alien-controlled dead couple. When the populations of Hollywood and Washington D.C. see flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife, and a policeman try to stop the aliens.


The Night the Banshee Cried
1957 · 22m · US
A beautiful young woman is aware that she is dead, but she does not seem to understand why she has been summoned back to the swamp behind her father's now-decaying home.


Final Curtain
1957 · 22m · US
After a horror play's final performance, The Vampire roams the theater.


Bride of the Monster
1955 · 1h 10m · US
Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly haunted house.


Jail Bait
1954 · 1h 14m · US
Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup, and when things start to go wrong Gregor accidentally kills a night watchman. Fearing that Gregor plans to turn himself in, Brady kills him and blackmails Dr. Gregor into giving him a new face.


Cleopatra Follies
1953 · 9m
CLEOPATRA FOLLIES aka FLAME OF ISLAM was the first of five burlesque shorts presented in “Gorgeous Multi-Color” anaglyphic 3-D by Oakland and San Francisco burlesque theater magnate, Harry A. Farros. CLEOPATRA FOLLIES starred popular dancers Paula French and Shirley Hayes, aka The Pussy Cat Girl. The long-lost 1953 3-D burlesque short by the great Ed Wood Jr., writer and director of such timeless classics as GLEN OR GLENDA, BRIDE OF THE MONSTER and PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE. Photographed in “exciting Multi-Vision Third Dimension,” CLEOPATRA FOLLIES was recently discovered and restored by the 3-D Film Archive.


Glen or Glenda
1953 · 1h 11m · US
Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite known as Glenda; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.
Boots
Boots
1953 · 25m · US
Lost short film by Edward D. Wood Jr. Possibly a pilot for a would-be TV show.


Crossroad Avenger: The Adventures of the Tucson Kid
1952 · 25m · US
Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s Western that tells of the adventures of the Tucson Kid, who investigates suspicious insurance claims.


The Sun Was Setting
1951 · 15m · US
A woman is dying in her apartment. Two friends visit her and she tells them she wants to go to Chinatown. They convince her not to go, and then leave themselves. Unable to stand her confinement, the woman dies.