Along with Kathrin Lohmann, Frank Otto is currently one of the managing directors of Film Manufacturers GmbH, Germany.

[2] In addition, Otto scored the soundtrack for his sister's, Katharina Otto-Bernstein's award winning film, Beautopia.

At the Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan, his music and multimedia project TRIP – Remix Your Experience was presented for the first time.

His production company established for this purpose, ferryhouse, further developed for a music label in 2007 (Releasing The Subways, Compact Space, Wolfgang Michels, Carl Carlton, Ashley Hicklin, Gabriella Cilmi, Nick Howard, Irie Révoltés incl.

He is a shareholder in the non-profit company Kunsthaus Hamburg, a supporter of the Palace of Culture Hamburg, ambassador of the World Future Council[8] and a boardmember of Luca Foundation, as well as a promoter of the first hour at Reading without nuclear power - The Renewable Reading Days, millionways[9] and Viva con Agua.