Stacy Woodard
Stacy Woodard ( [ ˈwʊdɑːrd ] ; born June 11, 1902 in Salt Lake City , Utah , † January 27, 1942 in New York City , New York ) was an American film producer , film director , film editor , cameraman and screenwriter who worked at the Academy Awards 1935 received the Oscar for best short film .
Life
Woodard initially worked as a cameraman for King Kong and the White Woman (1933). He and his younger brother Horace Woodard received the Oscar for best short film in 1935 for City of Wax (1934).
Other films in which he was involved as a producer, director, editor, cameraman or screenwriter were the mostly documentary short films Born To Die (1934), Neptune Mysteries: The Struggle to Live Series (1935), Fang and Claw (1935) and Adventures of Chico (1938).
In the late years of his life, Stacy Woodard made a number of short films for Shell in Texas and Louisiana . Eventually he served as secretary and treasurer of Woodard Productions Inc. , of which Stacy's brother Horace was president. Stacy Woodard died of natural causes in Knickerbocker Village, New York, at the house of a friend, the coroner discovered.
Web links
- Stacy Woodard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woodard, Stacy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film producer and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salt Lake City , Utah |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1942 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York |