Dan O'Bannon

WriterActorDirectorCrewEditor Sep 30 (died age 63) St. Louis, Missouri, USA 1968–2025 (57 year career)

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Biography

Daniel Thomas "Dan" O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American screenwriter and director of science fiction and horror films. He is best known for his work on "Alien" (1979), "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985) and "Total Recall" (1990).

Known For

Film

Alien

Other

Film

Aliens

Characters

Film

Total Recall

Screenplay

Film

Prometheus

Characters

Film

Alien: Romulus

Characters

Film

Alien: Covenant

Characters

Film

Alien³

Characters

Film

The Return of the Living Dead

Director

Filmography

Acting (20)

Movies (20)

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

as (archive footage)

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

2020

as Self

8.0

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013

as Self - V/FX Artist (voice) (archive footage)

7.8

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

2011

as Himself

7.4

Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star

2010

as Himself (Archival Footage)

4.6

Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures

as Self

In Search of Moebius

as Himself

Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001

2007

as Self

6.0

Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'

2006

as Self

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

as Self

8.2

Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear

2003

The Alien Saga

2002

as Self

6.1

Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead

2002

as Self

The Alien Legacy

1999

as Self

6.9

Area 51: The Alien Interview

1997

as Alien Interviewer

3.5

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

1986

as Self

6.2

Dark Star

1974

as Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge

6.0

Judson's Release

1971

as Breather

Good Morning, Dan

1968

The AckerMonster Chronicles!

1.0

Crew (45)

Movies (41)

Alien: Romulus

Characters

Alien: Containment

Characters

Alien: Night Shift

Characters

Alien: Alone

Characters

Alien: Ore

Characters

Alien: Harvest

Characters

Alien: Specimen

Characters

Alien: Covenant

Characters

Shock Value: The Movie — How Dan O’Bannon and Some USC Outsiders Helped Invent Modern Horror

2014

Writer

Prometheus

Characters

Total Recall

Screenstory

Aliens vs Predator: Requiem

2007

Characters

5.2

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

2004

Characters

5.9

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

Screenstory

Alien Resurrection

Characters

Bleeders

Writer

Screamers

Screenplay

Alien³

Characters

The Resurrected

Director

Total Recall

Screenplay

Total Recall

Screenstory

Aliens

Characters

Invaders from Mars

Screenplay

Lifeforce

Screenplay

The Return of the Living Dead

1985

Director

7.2

The Return of the Living Dead

Screenplay

Blue Thunder

Screenplay

Heavy Metal

Original Story

Heavy Metal

Story

Dead & Buried

Screenplay

Alien

Other

Alien

Screenplay

Alien

Story

Dark Star

Editor

Dark Star

Original Story

Dark Star

Production Design

Dark Star

Screenplay

Dark Star

Special Effects

Blood Bath

Writer

Good Morning, Dan

1968

Writer

Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel

Characters

Television (4)

Alien: Earth

2025

Other

7.3

Alien: Isolation - The Digital Series

Characters

Blue Thunder

Story

Blue Thunder

Writer