Otis Turner
Screenwriter, Film director
1862 – 1918
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Who was Otis Turner?
Otis Turner was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1917, he directed 133 films and wrote 40 scenarios.
He was born in Fairfield, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles.
The producer/director Otis Werner in L. Frank Baum's Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West is a send-up of Turner, who had adapted Baum's works into movies, first in collaboration with Baum, then legally but without Baum's approval.
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- Born
- Nov 29, 1862
Oakford - Also known as
- Otis 'Daddy' Turner
- The Dean of Directors
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Mar 28, 1918
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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