Otto Lang

Birth Name:

Otto Lang

Birth Place:

Tesanj, Bosnia

Profession

Director, Producer, Assistant director, Writer

Inducted into the U․S․ National Ski Hall of Fame in 1978
Got his start in Hollywood after being hired by 20th Century Fox head Darryl F․ Zanuck to help the actors of "Sun Valley Serenade" make their artificial skiing look authentic
An avid ski instructor, he would only consider a career in show business after meeting dozens of Hollywood's most well-known actors as their ski instructor in the destination town of Sun Valley, Idaho
Authored two books, a memoir about his life in Hollywood that was published in 1994 and a collection of photos taken from his various trips across the world that was released in 2000
Starred in Jerome Hill's skiing documentary "Ski Flight" which would go on to become the first American-made ski film to win nationwide accolades

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