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Johnny Otto is an award-winnning filmmaker, musician, artist and actor with a subversive spirit, living in the Los Anegels area. He was born in Ohio in 1966 as one of six kids. When he was five his family moved to Windsor, Ontario CANADA. He grew up
in a quiet, suburban neighborhood, attended private Catholic schools, and eventually attended the Univsersity of Windsor, where he studied film. In 1990, with $600 in his pocket and a dufflebag full of clothing,
he caught a plane to Los Angeles and has lived there ever since.
In 1992, just two years after having arrived in Hollywood, he optioned his first script "Havoc", to Joel Silver's company Silver Pictures. Otto spent the next few years writing numerous screenplays. In 1997, as he continued to write feature films, Otto met an animator named Micahel Morrison who would become his partner in the formation of Celblock Entertainment. As a production team they created
the award-winning animation short "The Blender" (WACFEST 2000). In the same year Otto also won an award from Klasky-Csupo for his short script "Chromomosomes".
Two years later, in 2002, Johnny wrote and directed his first feature film "Bruised".
During this time period Johnny Otto was also very active as an outsider artist in the Hollywood area, having several solo exhibits at underground galleries. In 1999, during the planning stages of his feature film, Otto somehow found
the time to take over an abandoned apartment in the Fairfax district and turn it into a gallery. This new space, called ARTSQUAT, lasted two years before the owner of the building caught on to the fact that it was being occupied by a group of artists. Otto went on to
make one more feature film, a mocumentary called "Bring Me The Head of Walt Disney", 7 short films, collectively called "Slimdunce",
and worked as a Director of Photography, After Effects artist and Music Video director.
Johny Otto's production company, OTTOPHOBIA, is currently developing several feature films including "The Horn of Amalthea", "The Vampire Strikes Back" and "Oh My Goth".
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FILMOGRAPHY:
The Ecstasy Barber Shop Writer-Director-Producer 1998
Bruised Writer-Director-Producer 2002
Bring Me The Head of Walt Disney Writer-Director-Producer 2005
Transmission Received Director-Producer 2007
All Day I Dream About Socks Director-Producer 2007
Christ In A Tub Director-Producer 2007
Baggage Director-Producer 2007
You Suck Director-Producer 2007
Rescue Me Director-Producer 2007
What Are You Looking At? Director-Producer 2007
Watch My Director Reel
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IN DEVELOPMENT:
The Horn of Amalthea (Feature)
Oh My Goth (Feature)
Ill Angels (Feature)
The Vampire Strikes Back (Feature)
The Blender (Cartoon)
Battle For Los Angeles (AKA: Operation:Monster) (Feature)
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AWARDS:
*Klasy-Csupo - RUNNER UP - BEST WRITER for my short film "Chromosomes".
*WORLD ANIMATION CELEBRATION WACFEST Presented by Animation Magazine
“BEST FIRST-TIME ANIMATION FOR THE WEB" for my animated short "The Blender".
*C.O.S.T. Film Festival - Windsor, Ontario - CANADA
"Best Script" for my film “The Ecstasy Barber Shop”, which I Wrote, Directed and Edited and starred in.
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