About

Known credits:
22
Birthday:
1908-01-21
Place of birth:
Zenica, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Website:
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Otto Lang

Overview

Otto Lang (1908 – 2006) was a skier and pioneer ski instructor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who lived and worked in the United States. After teaching skiing at a variety of smaller resorts in Austria, he joined the Hannes Schneider Ski School in St. Anton am Arlberg, one of the most prestigious ski schools of the era. Like many instructors who taught Schneider's Arlberg Method, Lang was eventually offered a chance to teach in the U.S., at Pecketts' on Sugar Hill in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. He later moved out west and found ski schools on Mount Rainier, Mount Baker and Mount Hood.

He demonstrated ski techniques in Jerome Hill's documentary Ski Flight (1938) which premiered at Radio City Music Hall. His 1936 book Downhill Skiing was recognized in its day as the most comprehensive manual for skiing instruction for the fledgling sport. Ski Filmmaker Warren Miller and newsman Lowell Thomas both credited Lang's book as their inspiration for their interest in skiing.

Known for

Acting
2002 Cinerama Adventure Actor Self 59
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Directing
1969 The Gypsy Moths Directing Second Unit Director 59
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1963 The Best of Cinerama Directing Director 59
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1961 Fury River Directing Director 58
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1957 Search for Paradise Directing Director 59
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1954 Jet Carrier Directing Director N/A
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1954 The First Piano Quartette Directing Director 58
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1953 Vesuvius Express Directing Director N/A
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1949 The Art Director Directing Director N/A
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1947 Skifully Yours Directing Director N/A
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1943 The Ox-Bow Incident Directing Third Assistant Director 66
Fair
1941 The Basic Principles of Skiing Directing Director N/A
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1938 Ski Flight Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1957 Search for Paradise Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1970 Tora! Tora! Tora! Production Associate Producer 65
Fair
1964 Open the Door and See all the People Production Production Coordinator 59
Average
1955 Laura Production Producer 59
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1954 Jet Carrier Production Producer N/A
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1954 Fabulous Las Vegas Production Producer N/A
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1953 White Witch Doctor Production Producer 59
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1952 5 Fingers Production Producer 61
Fair
1948 Call Northside 777 Production Producer 60
Fair