FILM DIRECTOR

Dan O'Bannon

1946 - 2009

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dan O'Bannon is the 582nd most popular film director (up from 727th in 2019), the 4,297th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,619th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dan O'Bannon ranks 582 out of 2,041. Before him are Boris Barnet, Otakar Vávra, Asghar Farhadi, Arthur Hiller, Moshé Mizrahi, and Tom Tykwer. After him are Hal Ashby, Jaco Van Dormael, Hugh Hudson, Jennifer Lee, Mauritz Stiller, and Ann Hui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Dan O'Bannon ranks 307. Before him are Leszek Miller, Vincent Pastore, Hanna Suchocka, Andrew Yao, Penelope Wilton, and Bruce Davison. After him are Allan Holdsworth, Abdul Ali Mazari, Ratomir Dujković, Hanan Ashrawi, Jüri Tarmak, and Paul Cremona. Among people deceased in 2009, Dan O'Bannon ranks 144. Before him are Abdellatif Filali, Karl Koller, Johannes Mario Simmel, Joseph Wiseman, Paula Hawkins, and Natalya Estemirova. After him are Yoshito Usui, José Torres, Stéphanos II Ghattas, Venetia Burney, Ken Annakin, and Alda Merini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan O'Bannon ranks 4,297 out of 20,380. Before him are Aidan Quinn (1959), Tomas Arana (1955), Brett Lunger (1945), Kieran Culkin (1982), Frank Muller (1862), and Stephen Bishop (1951). After him are Lee Morgan (1938), Hal Ashby (1929), Bob Iger (1951), Jerry Brudos (1939), Bud Cort (1948), and L. Sprague de Camp (1907).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Dan O'Bannon ranks 152. Before him are James Mangold (1963), Michael Ritchie (1938), Rob Cohen (1949), Charles Barton (1902), David Chase (1945), and Damien Chazelle (1985). After him are Hal Ashby (1929), Jennifer Lee (1971), John Lasseter (1957), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Robert Mulligan (1925), and Burt Kennedy (1922).

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