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Dan O'Bannon

Highest Rated: 94% Alien: The Director's Cut (2003)

Lowest Rated: 21% Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Birthday: Sep 30, 1946

Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

While attending USC, Dan O'Bannon met John Carpenter and the pair collaborated on the short, "Dark Star" (1970), about astronauts overwhelmed by technology. With the minuscule budget of $60,000, Carpenter expanded the project into a feature--now considered a minor genre classic--in 1974. O'Bannon was along, serving in a number of capacities, including scripting, editing and even playing one of the leading roles. This witty but bleak alternative to high quality films (i.e., Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey") was described by its creators as "'Waiting for Godot' in outer space." Mishandled in its initial distribution, "Dark Star" garnered cult status as a popular fixture on the college circuit in the late 70s.

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Highest rated movies

94% 95% Alien: The Director's Cut
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93% 94% Alien Watchlist
91% 80% The Return of the Living Dead
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82% 79% Total Recall
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78% 53% Blue Thunder
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73% 64% Dark Star
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71% 59% Dead and Buried
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66% 67% Heavy Metal
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58% 46% Lifeforce
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40% 54% The Resurrected
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
21% 39% Alien vs. Predator Writer $80.3M 2004
94% 95% Alien: The Director's Cut Screenwriter - 2003
No Score Yet 31% Bleeders Screenwriter - 1998
29% 45% Screamers Screenwriter $5.1M 1995
40% 54% The Resurrected Director - 1992
82% 79% Total Recall Screenwriter $117.8M 1990
38% 33% Invaders From Mars Writer $4.8M 1986
91% 80% The Return of the Living Dead Director,
Screenwriter
- 1985
58% 46% Lifeforce Screenwriter - 1985
78% 53% Blue Thunder Screenwriter - 1983
66% 67% Heavy Metal Writer $204.7K 1981
71% 59% Dead and Buried Screenwriter - 1981
93% 94% Alien Writer,
Screenwriter
$82.6M 1979
73% 64% Dark Star Pinback (Character),
Writer,
Film Editing,
Production Design
- 1974