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Jack Otterson
Born(1905-08-25)August 25, 1905
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
DiedDecember 22, 1991(1991-12-22) (aged 86)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationArt director
Years active1934-1953

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 1934 and 1953.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Yale, where he was an editor of 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.

Selected filmography

Otterson was nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:

References

  1. ^ Yale Banner and Pot Pourri. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1927. p. 229.
  2. ^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)


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