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Dan O'Bannon

American screenwriter, director & visual effects supervisor (1946–2009)

Dan O'Bannon
O'Bannon in 2008
Born	Daniel Thomas O'Bannon (1946-09-30)September 30, 1946 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	December 17, 2009(2009-12-17) (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, director, actor
Spouse	Diane Lindley (m. 1986)
Children	1

Daniel Thomas O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director and visual effects supervisor, most closely associated with the science fiction and horror genres.^[1]

O'Bannon wrote the screenplay for Alien, adapted from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett. He also wrote and directed the cult horror comedy The Return of the Living Dead. He contributed computer animation to Star Wars and worked on cult classics such as Dark Star, Heavy Metal, and Total Recall.

Early life

O'Bannon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Bertha (née Lowenthal) and Thomas Sidney

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Dan O'Bannon was inspired at an early age by EC Comics like Tales from the Crypt and old horror films that he saw in St. Louis. He even wrote a few stories for Heavy Metal magazine (which also showed up in the film).

O'Bannon got his start when he and John Carpenter collaborated on the cult sci-fi film Dark Star (1974). After a failed attempt to make "Dune" with bizarre surrealist Alejandro Jodorowsky in Europe, O'Bannon returned to the US and began work on "Star Beast" (later retitled Alien (1979)) with Ronald Shusett (with whom he later worked again on Dead & Buried (1981)). He continued working in the Sci-fi/Horror genre mostly as a script doctor, but his directorial debut, The Return of the Living Dead (1985) is known as one of the best zombie movies ever made (and as of this writing two sequels with another in production). Lately O'Bannon has been appearing in a lot of DVD documentaries discussing his work and his influences. It is also worth noting that all of his films have interesting psychological interpretations. He has a tende

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Dan O'Bannon Biography (1946-)

Full name, Daniel Thomas O'Bannon; born September 30, 1946, in St. Louis, MO;son of Thomas Sidney (a carpenter) and Bertha (maiden name, Lowenthal) O'Bannon; married Diane Louise Lindley, January 18, 1986. Addresses: Agent:Agency for the Performing Arts, 9000 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069-3604.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, director, animator, special effects artist
Birth Details: September 30, 1946; St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director
The Return of the Living Dead, Orion, 1985
The Resurrected (also known as Shatterbrain), Live Home Video, 1992
Other
Editor, production designer, set decorator, special effects photographer,and special effects director (with Bill Taylor), Dark Star (also known as Dark Talon), Jack H. Harris, 1975
Computer animator, Star Wars (also known as Star Wars: EpisodeIV: The New Hope), Twentieth-Century Fox, 1977
Conceptual designer, Alien, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
(With Thomas Warkentin, Angus McKie,