Otto Lang
Directing
1908-01-21 · 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 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.
Filmography
Cinerama Adventure
2002 · Movie
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · Movie
The Gypsy Moths
1969 · Movie
Lancer
1968 · Series
Felony Squad
1966 · Series
Daktari
1966 · Series
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Open the Door and See all the People
1964 · Movie
The Best of Cinerama
1963 · Movie
The Dick Powell Show
1961 · Series
Fury River
1961 · Movie
Surfside 6
1960 · Series
Michael Shayne
1960 · Series
The Aquanauts
1960 · Series
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Series
Men Into Space
1959 · Series
Lock-Up
1959 · Series
The Deputy
1959 · Series
The Man and the Challenge
1959 · Series
World of Giants
1959 · Series
Mackenzie's Raiders
1958 · Series
Bat Masterson
1958 · Series
The Rough Riders
1958 · Series
The Rifleman
1958 · Series
Sea Hunt
1958 · Series
Target (US)
1958 · Series
Tombstone Territory
1957 · Series
Search for Paradise
1957 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
Laura
1955 · Movie
Highway Patrol
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
Jet Carrier
1954 · Movie
The First Piano Quartette
1954 · Movie
Fabulous Las Vegas
1954 · Movie
Vesuvius Express
1953 · Movie
White Witch Doctor
1953 · Movie
5 Fingers
1952 · Movie
The Art Director
1949 · Movie
Call Northside 777
1948 · Movie
Skifully Yours
1947 · Movie
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Movie
The Basic Principles of Skiing
1941 · Movie
Ski Flight
1938 · Movie
Snow Flight
1937 · Movie