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Otis Turner | |
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Born | Fairfield, Indiana, USA | November 29, 1862
Died | March 28, 1918 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 55)
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 1908–1917 |
Otis Turner (November 29, 1862 – March 28, 1918) was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1917, he directed more than 130 films and wrote 40 scenarios. He was born in Fairfield, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles.[1]
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 films, first in collaboration with Baum, then legally but without Baum's approval.