Otis Turner


Otis Turner was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1918, 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