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Otto Lang
Zenica, Austria-Hungary (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
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 smalle…
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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.
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2002
Cinerama Adventure
Movie Self
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1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Movie Associate Producer
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1969
The Gypsy Moths
Movie Second Unit Director
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1968
Lancer
TV show Director
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1966
Felony Squad
TV show Director
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1966
Daktari
TV show Director
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1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV show Director
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1964
Open the Door and See all the People
Movie Production Coordinator
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1963
The Best of Cinerama
Movie Director
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1961
The Dick Powell Show
TV show Director
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1961
Fury River
Movie Director
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1960
Surfside 6
TV show Director
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1960
Michael Shayne
TV show Director
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1960
The Aquanauts
TV show Director
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1959
Hawaiian Eye
TV show Director
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1959
Men Into Space
TV show Director
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1959
Lock-Up
TV show Director
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1959
The Deputy
TV show Director
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1959
The Man and the Challenge
TV show Director
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1959
World of Giants
TV show Director
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1958
Mackenzie's Raiders
TV show Director
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1958
Bat Masterson
TV show Director
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1958
The Rough Riders
TV show Director
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1958
The Rifleman
TV show Director
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1958
Sea Hunt
TV show Director
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1958
Target (US)
TV show Director
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1957
Tombstone Territory
TV show Director
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1957
Search for Paradise
Movie Director
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1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV show Director
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1955
Laura
Movie Producer
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1955
Highway Patrol
TV show Director
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1955
Cheyenne
TV show Director
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1954
Jet Carrier
Movie Producer
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1954
The First Piano Quartette
Movie Director
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1954
Fabulous Las Vegas
Movie Producer
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1953
Vesuvius Express
Movie Director
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1953
White Witch Doctor
Movie Producer
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1952
5 Fingers
Movie Producer
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1949
The Art Director
Movie Director
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1948
Call Northside 777
Movie Producer
