Shawn Lawrence Otto Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Shawn Lawrence Otto is an author, filmmaker, political strategist, speaker, science advocate, and screenwriter and co-producer of the movie House of Sand and Fog.
In 2008 he co-founded and ran ScienceDebate2008, the largest political initiative in the history of science, which got Obama and McCain to debate science and made 800 million media impressions.
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Otto co-founded and was the CEO of Science Debate 2008 and was a spokesperson for the group on NPR's Science Friday, January 12, 2008. Its stated goal was to restore science to its rightful place in American political dialogue. It was supported by virtually all of the American science and academic community. Both Obama and McCain participated, and the initiative eventually made more than 800 million media impressions. President Obama's science policy is based in part on his answers to the "14 Top Science Questions Facing America" developed by the group, and his major science appointments were early supporters of the initiative.
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His wife, former Minnesota State Rep. Rebecca Otto, is the 18th State Auditor of Minnesota. Otto took a year off to manage her campaign.
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He and his wife, State Rep. Rebecca Otto, were indicted by a grand jury for campaign misconduct in 2003. The misdemeanor charges were eventually thrown-out by a judge and were criticized as politically-motivated.
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Trained in architecture. Designed and built his own house by hand over two years.
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Son of an immigrant.
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Once edited a Shakespeare journal.
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In February 2003, his wife was elected to the Minnesota State House of Representatives.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
House of Sand and Fog
2003
screenplay
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
House of Sand and Fog
2003
co-producer
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2005
Tribeca Film Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Script Development Program
$5 Million
