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  1. Otto Lang (21 January 1908 – 30 January 2006) was a skier and pioneer ski instructor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who lived and worked in the United States.

  2. Times Staff Writer. Otto Lang, a pioneer Pacific Northwest ski instructor who once doubled on the slopes for figure-skating-champion-turned-actress Sonja Henie and taught movie mogul Darryl F....

  3. He formed ski schools in the United States and later, became a film producer and director. Lang produced Call Northside 777 (1948), 5 Fingers (1952), Search for Paradise (1956), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Vesuvius Express (1953), The First Piano Quartette (1954), and Jet Carrier (1954).

  4. Feb 7, 2006 · Otto Lang, a West Seattle legend of skiing, movie and TV production, books and photography, died at his Admiral District home Jan. 30 at age 98. Lang was born in 1908 in Bosnia and grew up near Sarajevo.

  5. www.filmbuffonline.com › InRemembrance › OttoLangIn Remembrance- Otto Lang

    Otto Lang, the skiing instructor who became an Academy Award nominated film producer, has passed away on January 30, 2006 in Seattle Washington. He was 98. Born on January 21, 1908 in Tesanta, a small town outside of Sarajevo in what is now Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lang was taught to ski by a Norwegian family friend.

  6. Feb 1, 2006 · Otto Lang, a skiing pioneer and filmmaker, was a Northwest icon who had few equals in elegance, work ethic and zest for life. Lang, who touched the lives of neophyte skiers and Hollywood...

  7. Shortly after the U.S. entry into the WWII in 1941, Lang produced an educational film for the mountain troops of the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division. It was based on the modern Arlberg skiing technique, developed by the Tyrolean HANNES SCHNEIDER.

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