Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 21, 1908
Died
Jan 30, 2006
Place of Birth
Zenica, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Credits
45 titles
Otto Lang
Biography
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
Filmography
Cinerama Adventure
Self
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Associate Producer
The Gypsy Moths
Second Unit Director
Lancer
Director
Felony Squad
Director
Daktari
Director
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Director
Open the Door and See all the People
Production Coordinator
The Best of Cinerama
Director
The Dick Powell Show
Director
Fury River
Director
Surfside 6
Director
Michael Shayne
Director
The Aquanauts
Director
Hawaiian Eye
Director
Men Into Space
Director
Lock-Up
Director
The Deputy
Director
The Man and the Challenge
Director
World of Giants
Director
Mackenzie's Raiders
Director
Bat Masterson
Director
The Rough Riders
Director
The Rifleman
Director
Sea Hunt
Director
Target (US)
Director
Tombstone Territory
Director
Search for Paradise
Writer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Director
Laura
Producer
Highway Patrol
Director
Cheyenne
Director
Jet Carrier
Producer
The First Piano Quartette
Director
Fabulous Las Vegas
Producer
Vesuvius Express
Director
White Witch Doctor
Producer
5 Fingers
Producer
The Art Director
Director
Call Northside 777
Producer
Skifully Yours
Director
The Ox-Bow Incident
Third Assistant Director
The Basic Principles of Skiing
Director
Ski Flight
Self
Snow Flight
Self