Jack Otterson(1905-1991)
- Art Director
- Art Department
Jack Otterson, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1908 was educated at
Hotchkiss Preparatory School and the Art Students League, New York.
Yale School of Fine Arts, B.F.A; Paris Beaux Art School. Awarded the
John Weir scholarship at Yale for 1927-28; won honorable mention in
award of Alvord Scholarship for 1928-29. Special honorable mention in
the Prix de Rome. National scholarship in 1928-29, and honorable
mention in award of William Winchester Fellowship, 1929-30. Assisted on
decorative designs on the Empire State Building, New York City;
decorative designs in New York Architectural League Catalogue in 1929.
In 1932, started as sketch artist with Fox Studios, then became
assistant art director and then supervising art director. Moved to
Universal Picrures Corporation in 1936 as Supervising Art Director.
And not once on any film in which he was credited or uncredited was he listed as a Production Designer, no matter what film-history revisionists think...or write.
And not once on any film in which he was credited or uncredited was he listed as a Production Designer, no matter what film-history revisionists think...or write.
