Ed Wood
Ed Wood Born Edward Davis Wood, Jr. (1924-10-10)October 10, 1924 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. Died December 10, 1978(1978-12-10) (aged 54) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Cause of death Heart attack Other names Daniel Davis Occupation Screenwriter, film director, film producer, actor, author, and editor Years active 1947–1978 Spouse(s) Norma McCarty (1955-?) Kathy O'Hara (1959-1978; his death) Military career Allegiance United States Service/branch United States Marine Corps Years of service 1942–46 Battles/wars World War II: Guadalcanal Campaign Battle of Tarawa Edward Davis "Ed" Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 — December 10, 1978) or more commonly known as Ed Wood 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, intercutting stock footage. 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 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 starred Johnny Depp as Wood and earned two Academy Awards.