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Otis Turner
Turner in 1915
Born	(1862-11-29)November 29, 1862 Fairfield, Indiana, USA
Died	March 28, 1918(1918-03-28) (aged 55) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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.

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.

Selected filmography

• The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)
• The Cowboy Millionaire (1909)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)
• Human Hearts (1912 film), director
• Shon the Piper (1913)
• Called Back (1914)
• The Spy (1914)
• Damon and Pythias (1914)
• The Opened Shutters (1914)
• The Black Box (1915)
• From Italy's Shores (1915)
• Langdon's Legacy (1916)
• The Island of Desire (1917)
• Melting Millions (1917)
• The Book Agent (1917)
• The Soul of Satan (1917)
• Some Boy! (1917)

References

1. "Otis Turner: a Father Figure to Film-Makers: A Hollywood Bio in Brief". Classic Filma Ficionados. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
2. Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943.

External links

Media related to Otis Turner at Wikimedia Commons

• Otis Turner at IMDb

• 1862 births
• 1918 deaths
• American male screenwriters
• People from Howard County, Indiana
• Film directors from Indiana
• Screenwriters from Indiana
• Film producers from Indiana
• 20th-century American male writers
• 20th-century American screenwriters
• 19th-century American businesspeople