{{short description|American film director}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=April 2023}} {{Unreliable sources|date=April 2023}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{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. | years_active = 1908–1918 | occupation = Film director }}

'''Otis Turner''' (November 29, 1862 &ndash; 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 in 1918, at age 55.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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.

== Selected filmography == {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[[The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays]]'' (1908) * ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' (1908) * ''[[The Cowboy Millionaire (1909 film)|The Cowboy Millionaire]]'' (1909) * ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 film)|The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]'' (1910) *''[[Human Hearts (1912 film)]]'', director<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&q=human%20hearts | title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film | isbn=9783110951943 | last1=Goble | first1=Alan | date=8 September 2011 | publisher=Walter de Gruyter }}</ref> * ''[[Shon the Piper]]'' (1913) * ''[[Called Back (1914 American film)|Called Back]]'' (1914) * ''[[The Spy (1914 film)|The Spy]]'' (1914) *''[[Damon and Pythias (1914 film)|Damon and Pythias]]'' (1914) * ''[[The Opened Shutters]]'' (1914) * ''[[The Black Box (serial)|The Black Box]]'' (1915) * ''[[From Italy's Shores]]'' (1915) * ''[[Langdon's Legacy]]'' (1916) * ''[[The Island of Desire]]'' (1917) * ''[[Melting Millions (1917 film)|Melting Millions]]'' (1917) * ''[[The Book Agent]]'' (1917) * ''[[The Soul of Satan]]'' (1917) * ''[[To Honor and Obey]]'' (1917) * ''[[Some Boy!]]'' (1917) {{Div col end}}

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== External links == {{commons category-inline}} * {{IMDb name|id=0877783|name=Otis Turner}}

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