death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
los angeles 28 march 1918 fairfield , indiana , usa 29 november 1862 1908 -- 1917 otis turner
 otis turner film director
otis turner

otis turner -lrb- november 29 , 1862 -- march 28 , 1918 -rrb- was an american director , screenwriter and producer .
between 1908 and 1917 , he directed 133 films and wrote 40 scenarios .
he was born in fairfield , indiana , and died in los angeles .
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 movies , first in collaboration with baum , then legally but without baum 's approval .
