Otis Turner

{{short description|American film director}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Otis Turner

| image = Otis Turner (Moving Picture Weekly, 1915).jpg

| caption = Turner in 1915

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1862|11|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Fairfield, Indiana, USA

| death_date = {{death date and age|1918|3|28|1862|11|29|mf=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| yearsactive = 1908–1918

| occupation = Film director

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Otis Turner (November 29, 1862 – March 28, 1918) was an American director, screenwriter and producer. Between 1908 and 1918, he directed more than 130 films and wrote 40 scenarios. He was born in Fairfield, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://classicfilmaficionados.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/otis-turner-a-father-figure-to-film-makers-a-hollywood-bio-in-brief/ |title=Otis Turner: a Father Figure to Film-Makers: A Hollywood Bio in Brief |work=Classic Filma Ficionados |access-date=July 7, 2019}}

The producer/director Otis Werner in L. Frank Baum's Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West is a send-up of Turner, who had adapted Baum's works into films, first in collaboration with Baum, then legally but without Baum's approval.