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Otto Felix

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OTTO FELIX BIOGRAPHY

OTTO FELIX was born in Pittsburgh, PA. and spent eight years in a Latrobe, PA. orphanage until he was twelve and reunited with his mother. He attended Bellevue Public High School but was asked to leave for trying to ride his motorcycle into the school. He was sent to and graduated from Fishburne Military School in Waynesboro, Virginia. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, Cambridge College in Boston and graduated from Florida Radio Engineering Institute receiving a FCC First Class Engineers License.

Later, he studied still photography and film psychology at UCLA.

OTTO was a semi-pro baseball player, steelworker, motorcycle racer, chicken deliverer, auto mechanic/body man, bartender and window displayman. He was a radio DJ, in Boston, Pittsburgh, Miami, Venice, Sarasota, and Los Angeles. He is a member of the National Association of Broadcast Electrical Technicians (NABET/I.E.) and Southern California Broadcasters Association (SCBA). He worked as an assistant cameraman at NBC on the Tonight Show, Days of Our Lives and many TV specials.

As an actor OTTO studied drama with Lee Strasberg, Jack Waltzer, John Erman, Dom Deluise, Sandy Meisner and Charles Conrad for eleven years.

Film credits: THE COMMISSION, JAMES DEAN, SOUTH OF HEAVEN - WEST OF HELL, OUT OF THESE ROOMS, LOVE AFFAIR, ALL ABOUT MARY, THE FIRE NEXT TIME, JUDGMENT, A BUNNIES TALE, WIPE OUT, FLIGHT 90, ROOSTER, COACH, UP IN SMOKE, MISSOURI BREAKS, RUN FOR THE MONEY, CYCLE SAVAGE, HAWAII, 1776-1976, THE GREAT TEXAS DYNAMITE CHASE, GUNS, THE VET, CHATTER BOX, CALIFORNIA GIRLS, and SGT. MATLOVICH VS USAF.

Television credits (guest roles) ARREST & TRIAL, VIPER, UNSOLVED MYSTERIES, PS. I LOVE YOU, HUNTER, MURDER SHE WROTE, HIGHWAYMAN, FITZ & BONES, KNOTTS LANDING, MAGNUM PI, HILL ST. BLUES, FALL GUY, AUTOMAN, POLICE STORY, BJ & THE BEAR (Co Star-2 Years), GENERAL HOSPITAL (28 shows), BRIGHT PROMISES (16 shows), PEYTON PLACE (22 shows).

TV Commercials: Over 300 including spokesman for Paine Webber, Sears, Chevrolet, National Guard, Foster Farms, Fred Meyer, Mattel Toys, Safeway, RB Furniture and the Pittsburgh Brewing Company.

He has appeared in over 1000 magazine ads, seven national billboards and incorporated his voice impersonations of Donald Duck, Jack Nicholson, Jimmy Stewart, Wolfman Jack, Ed Sullivan, etc., into dozens of radio and TV spots and recently hosted the "Marty Awards" as Jack Nicholson.

As Writer/Producer/Director
OTTO completed Robert McKee's Film Writing Course & National Arts Public Speaking Seminars. He has written and produced four film projects, two screened at Sundance and Cannes film festivals.

"South Of Heaven, West Of Hell," Screenplay and Directed by Dwight Yoakam starring Billy Bob Thornton, Vince Vaughn, Peter Fonda and Bridget Fonda. Otto received co-story by & associate producer on-screen cedit.

"Famous Blue Raincoat" a short film directed by Otto Felix

Otto is currently developing a number of motion picture projects that he has written and intends to produce and direct, including "Spirit Of Sixty-Four" and "First Radio Pirate."

TV Commercials
OTTO wrote, produced and directed the first TV commercial featuring handicapped actors and crew for Cadillac.

Otto has produced and directed dozens of variety shows and fundraisers for The American Cancer Society, John Wayne Cancer Clinic, The Beautiful People Awards, The Performing Arts Theater for Handicapped and Handicapped Artists, Performers & Partners Inc.. He won the Ahmason Award for producing/directing the documentary "Our Path" at Paramount Pictures. He is appointed as the West Coast Director of the Great Lakes Film Festival.

Personal accomplishments: Published ten books of poetry and photography. His photographs have appeared in TIME, People, Life, BAM, L.A. Weekly, Billboard, Drama Logue, Variety, and Photographer. He won the Golden Boot Award for Best Country Album and The American Photographers Association Award for best Black & White in 1989 & 99. OTTO has collected from junkyards, and restored, fourteen classic cars and eight motorcycles that he maintains and drives on a regular basis. He is the President of the California Association of Motorcyclists. (CAM)

OTTO taught acting and show business techniques for the disabled at the Performing Arts Theater for the Handicapped (PATH) for two years and later in 1986 founded Handicapped Artists, Performers, and Partners, Inc., (HAPPI) now the largest and fastest growing, non-profit theatrical group for disabled performers in the country. He is presently launching the first theatrical/commercial management group in the world to represent disabled performers, the H.I.T. Agency (HAPPI International Talent). OTTO voluntarily produces and directs two major variety/awards shows a year for HAPPI incorporating disabled talent performing with able-bodied actors, musicians and celebrities.

OTTO is in his 22nd year conducting Film Actors & Musician Sessions Workshops, at his own studio The Film Actors Shop in Los Angeles (Westwood), California
 

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