Otto Lang
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 21, 1908
- Died
- January 30, 2006 (aged 98)
- Birthplace
- Zenica, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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
The Gypsy Moths
Movie · Second Unit Director
Lancer
TV · Director · 1 ep
Felony Squad
TV · Director · 1 ep
Daktari
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Best of Cinerama
Movie · Director
Fury River
Movie · Director
The Dick Powell Show
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Aquanauts
TV · Director · 1 ep
Surfside 6
TV · Director · 1 ep
Michael Shayne
TV · Director · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Man and the Challenge
TV · Director · 3 eps
Men Into Space
TV · Director · 4 eps
The Deputy
TV · Director · 2 eps
Lock-Up
TV · Director · 2 eps
World of Giants
TV · Director · 2 eps
Sea Hunt
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Rough Riders
TV · Director · 5 eps
The Rifleman
TV · Director · 1 ep
Bat Masterson
TV · Director · 4 eps
Mackenzie's Raiders
TV · Director · 1 ep
Target (US)
TV · Director · 2 eps
Search for Paradise
Movie · Director
Tombstone Territory
TV · Director · 4 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · Director · 2 eps
Cheyenne
TV · Director · 3 eps
Highway Patrol
TV · Director · 2 eps
Jet Carrier
Movie · Director
The First Piano Quartette
Movie · Director
Vesuvius Express
Movie · Director
The Art Director
Movie · Director
Skifully Yours
Movie · Director
The Ox-Bow Incident
Movie · Third Assistant Director
The Basic Principles of Skiing
Movie · Director