Filmography
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Known For
Alien Writer (1979) -
Dark Star Writer (1974) -
Aliens Writer (1986) -
Known For
The Return of the Living Dead Writer (1985) -
Writer
Alien: Specimen (2019) -
Alien: Ore (2019) -
Alien: Alone (2019) -
Alien: Night Shift (2019)
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Alien: Containment (2019) -
Alien: Harvest (2019) -
Alien: Covenant (2017) -
Alien: Isolation (2014) -
Aliens: Colonial Marines (2013) -
Total Recall (2012) -
![Prometheus]( "Prometheus")
Prometheus (2012) -
![Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem]( "Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem")
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) -
![Alien vs. Predator]( "Alien vs. Predator")
Alien vs. Predator (2004) -
![Alien: Resurrection]( "Alien: Resurrection")
Alien: Resurrection (1997) -
![Hemoglobin]( "Hemoglobin")
Hemoglobin (1997) -
![Screamers]( "Screamers")
Screamers (1995) -
![Alien vs. Predator]( "Alien vs. Predator")
Alien vs. Predator (1994) -
![Alien vs. Predator]( "Alien vs. Predator")
Alien vs. Predator (1994) -
![Alien³]( "Alien³")
Alien³ (1992) -
![Alien 3]( "Alien 3")
Alien 3 (1992) -
![Total Recall]( "Total Recall")
Total Recall (1990) -
![Aliens]( "Aliens")
Aliens (1986) -
![Invaders from Mars]( "Invaders from Mars")
Invaders from Mars (1986) -
![Lifeforce]( "Lifeforce")
Lifeforce (1985) -
![The Return of the Living Dead]( "The Return of the Living Dead")
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![Blue Thunder]( "Blue Thunder")
Blue Thunder (1984) -
![Blue Thunder]( "Blue Thunder")
Blue Thunder (1983) -
![Heavy Metal]( "Heavy Metal")
Heavy Metal (1981) -
![Dead & Buried]( "Dead & Buried")
Dead & Buried (1981) -
![Phobia]( "Phobia")
Phobia (1980) -
![Alien]( "Alien")
Alien (1979) -
![Dark Star]( "Dark Star")
Dark Star (1974) -
WriterBlood Bath (1969)
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Actor
![Delivering Milo]( "Delivering Milo")
Delivering Milo Clerk (2001) -
![Area 51: The Alien Interview]( "Area 51: The Alien Interview")
Area 51: The Alien Interview Interviewer 1989 (1997) -
![The Return of the Living Dead]( "The Return of the Living Dead")
The Return of the Living Dead Helicopter Loudspeaker Officer / Bum Outside Warehouse (1985) -
Actor
![Dark Star]( "Dark Star")
Dark Star Pinback (1974) -
Director
![The Resurrected]( "The Resurrected")
The Resurrected (1991) -
![The Return of the Living Dead]( "The Return of the Living Dead")
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DirectorBlood Bath (1969)
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Archive footageL'antre du Mea (2017)
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![Welcome to the Basement]( "Welcome to the Basement")
Welcome to the Basement (2013-2014) -
Archive footage
![Jodorowsky's Dune]( "Jodorowsky's Dune")
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) -
Zaum - Andare a parare (2011)
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Miscellaneous Crew
![Prometheus]( "Prometheus")
Prometheus (2012) -
![Blue Thunder]( "Blue Thunder")
Blue Thunder (1984) -
Special Effects
![Dark Star]( "Dark Star")
Dark Star (1974) -
Editor
![Dark Star]( "Dark Star")
Dark Star (1974) -
Art Department
![Alien]( "Alien")
Alien (1979) -
Production Designer
![Dark Star]( "Dark Star")
Dark Star (1974) -
Visual Effects
![Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope]( "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope")
All Filmography
Awards
4 wins & 8 nominations.Did You Know
Trivia
He was considered one of the most brilliant, if volcanic, alumni of the USC film school.
Quotes
The one that was certainly best directed, far and away above the rest, was Alien. Ridley Scott's directorial thing there was absolutely wonderful. I haven't had another director equal it.
Star Sign
Libra
Personal Details
Born
Daniel Thomas O'Bannon
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died
(age 63)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:
5' 6" (1.68 m)User Polls
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