John Otrin

John started his filmmaking career at the American Film Institute in 1975 producing And Sara Laughed; A Greg Brooks film. The same year he studied and worked with the late Academy Award winning Director Jon Kadar and Cinematographer George J. Folesy who where the instructors at the American Film Institute where John performed with student directors' Marty Brest, Amy Heckerling, John McTiernan and others in The Blue Hotel. It was at AFI where John worked with Sean Penn and Crispin Glover in The Orkly Kid. John was Associate Producer on the feature film Hollywood Boulevard starring Jon Tenney. Mr. Otrin worked with Peter Deyell as the Video Producer for the Artists Rights Foundation. Earlier in his career Mr. Otrin was the Assistant Entertainment Director for the Mill Run Theatre in Chicago, Illinois and worked with over 100 different Stars including Lana Turner, Sammy Davis Jr., Woody Allen, Jack Benny, Jerry Lee Lewis, Robert Alda, Vivian Blaine, Eddy Arnold, Pearl Bailey, Count Basie,