Otto Lang
Film producer and skier (1908-2006) · Austria · On the map · Directors · Died at 98
Otto Lang 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.
Otto Lang is read about 7 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Cinerama AdventureFilm1968
LancerSeries, Director1966
DaktariSeries, Director1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, Director1963
The Best of CineramaFilm, Director1961
The Dick Powell ShowSeries, Director
Fury RiverFilm, 1961Director1960
Michael ShayneSeries, Director1959
Hawaiian EyeSeries, Director1958
Bat MastersonSeries, Director1957
Tombstone TerritorySeries, Director
Search for ParadiseFilm, 1957Director, Writer1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Director1955
CheyenneSeries, Director
LauraFilm, 1955Producer1954Fabulous Las VegasFilm, Producer1953
Vesuvius ExpressFilm, Director1952
5 FingersFilm, Producer1949Edgar AwardsAward
The Art DirectorFilm, 1949Director1948
Call Northside 777Film, Producer1947
Skifully YoursFilm, Director1941
The Basic Principles of SkiingFilm, Director1938Ski FlightFilm, Producer1937
Snow FlightFilm1908Born21 January 1908People around Otto
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James Stewart Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
James Mason Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Danielle Darrieux Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Lee J. Cobb Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
E. G. Marshall Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
Richard Conte Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
John McIntire Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
Charles Lane Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
Michael Rennie Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Moroni Olsen Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
Marshall Thompson Otto directed Daktari
George Melford Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
John Doucette Otto directed Lock-Up
Kent Taylor Otto directed The Rough Riders
Richard Loo Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Helen Walker Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
Betty Garde Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
Nestor Paiva Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Percy Helton Otto produced Call Northside 777 (1948)
Alfred Zeisler Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Gene Roth Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Herbert Berghof Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Lawrence Dobkin Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Lester Matthews Otto produced 5 Fingers (1952)
Filmography 17
49 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
Awards
About this person
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 founded ski schools on Mount Rainier, Mount Baker and Mount Hood.
