American art director
Jack Otterson
Born (1905-08-25 ) August 25, 1905Died December 22, 1991(1991-12-22) (aged 86) Occupation Art director Years active 1934-1953
John (Jack) Edward 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.
Biography
Otterson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 25, 1905. He was educated at Yale , where he was an editor of a campus humor magazine The Yale Record Geoffrey T. Hellman , writer and film critic Dwight Macdonald and Hollywood photographer Jerome Zerbe .[ 1]
Death
Otterson died in Los Angeles, California on December 22, 1991.
Awards
Otterson was nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
Selected filmography
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 .^ a b "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners" . oscars.org . Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011 .
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