Jack Otterson
Jack Otterson | |
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Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | August 25, 1905
Died | December 22, 1991 Los Angeles, California | (aged 86)
Occupation | Art director |
Years active | 1934-1953 |
John Edward (Jack) Otterson (August 25, 1905 – December 22, 1991) was an American art director. He was nominated for eight Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 300 films between the years of 1934 and 1953.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Yale, where he was an editor of a campus humor magazine The Yale Record with writer Geoffrey T. Hellman, writer and film critic Dwight Macdonald and Hollywood photographer Jerome Zerbe.[1] He died in Los Angeles, California.
Awards[]
Otterson was nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
- Magnificent Brute (1936)[2]
- You're a Sweetheart (1937)[3]
- Mad About Music (1938)[4]
- First Love (1939)[5]
- The Boys from Syracuse (1940)[6]
- The Flame of New Orleans (1941)[7]
- Arabian Nights (1942)[8]
- The Spoilers (1942)[8]
Selected filmography[]
- The Missing Guest (1938)
- Arabian Nights (1942)
- The Spoilers
References[]
- ^ Yale Banner and Pot Pourri. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1927. p. 229.
- ^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ "The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ^ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
- ^ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1905 births
- 1991 deaths
- American art directors
- Artists from Pittsburgh
- The Yale Record alumni