"Judge" Wetzel Orson Whitaker was a prominent Mormon filmmaker. Most of the films he was involved in, such as The Windows of Heaven, Johnny Lingo and Pioneers in Petticoats, were made in cooperation with his brother Scott Whitaker. The two of them ran the BYU Motion Picture Studio during this time, receiving commission from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to make films.
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LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
1908-09-30
Heber City, Utah
1985-11-01
Art Institute of Chicago, honorary doctorate by Brigham Young University
Filmmaker, Art Director for the St. Louis Times, animator at Walt Disney