Russell A. Mosser

Russell Alden Mosser (born November 9, 1917 in Horton , Kansas , United States , † April 29, 2011 in Lawrence , Kansas) was an American documentary film producer.

Life

Mosser grew up in Kansas, where he attended schools in Topeka and Blue Rapids, among others. He then studied economics at the University of Kansas until 1940 and submitted his master's thesis in 1944 (subject: "Visual training in industry"). In the final phase of the Second World War , Mosser worked in Wichita for the Boeing Airplane Co. as a training manager. During this time he met his future wife Lorene, whom he married in Wichita in April 1945 just before the end of the war.

After the war, Russel Alden Mosser changed careers and, with Arthur “Art” H. Wolf, a long-time friend, founded Centron Corporation Inc. in 1947, a production company with which Mosser and Wolf mainly produced short documentaries. For the next 34 years, Centron Corporation produced film recordings and multimedia presentations for industry, education, and government. Mossers and Wolf's company has received numerous national and international film festival prizes and in 1970 it was nominated for an Oscar in the category “ Best Short Documentary ” for the Leo Beuerman production . This 13-minute film portrays the resident of Kansas who, due to his disabilities (so-called glass bone disease) and disfigurements, leads a life full of privation in Lawrence (Kansas).

Russell A. Mosser retired from active production in 1981 after making around 100 films and devoted himself to numerous voluntary activities. So he served from 1957 to 1961 as commissioner of Lawrence City and sat from 1975 to 1990 on the advisory committee of the Presbyterian Manor, also in his home ward Lawrence. He was its president in 2003. In 1991, Mosser received the Citizen of the Years Award from the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Mosser also made a name for himself as a breeder of Arabian horses.

Filmography (small selection)

1947: Sewing Simple Seams (also script, camera, editing, sound)
1948: Your University
1948: Cooking: Kitchen Safety
1949: Cooking: Measurement
1950: Glenn Wakes Up
1951: The Bully
1952: Cheating
1953: Responsibility
1954: The Show-Off
1954: Star 34
1955: The Gossip
1955: Why Study Science?
1956: Safety on the School Bus
1957: Make Your Home Safe
1957: Preparing a Class Report
1958: The Snob
1958: Manners in School
1959: The Innocent Party
1960: Our Part in Conversation
1961: Operation Grass Killer
1961: Dance, Little Children
1962: To Touch a Child
1963: Have fun with animals: Tommy the Lion ( Tommy the Lion )
1964: How Plants Reproduce
1965: The Secret to the Sixties
1966: Solid Gold Customer
1967: Take a Letter… From A to Zee
1968: Tell It Like It Is
1969: Leo Beuerman
1970: AC Adventure 70
1971: United Kingdom: Crowded Islands
1972: Engineering Investigation of T-37 Stalls and Spins
1973: Techniques of Organic Chemistry
1974: The Speed Klect Collator
1980: Korea Overview
1981: Signals: Read 'em or Weep

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personal data
SURNAME	Mosser, Russell A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mosser, Russell Alden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American documentary producer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Horton , Kansas , United States
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 2011
Place of death	Lawrence , Kansas