Fyodor Otsep was born on February 9, 1895 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was a director and writer, known for The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926), Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff (1931) and The Living Corpse (1929). He was married to Anna Sten. He died on June 20, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Became artistic supervisor of the Russian film cooperative in 1918. Went to Germany to direct Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff (1931). After Hitler's rise to power, moved to France and directed several films there. Was interned for some time at the outbreak of war, then proceeded to the U.S. by way of Canada. Among his best known work is the screenplay for the pioneer science fiction film Aelita (1924).
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