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Dan O'Bannon
Highest Rated: 93% Alien (1979)
Lowest Rated: 22% 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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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22% | 39% | Alien vs. Predator | Writer | $80.3M | 2004 |
| 29% | 45% | Screamers | Screenwriter | $5.1M | 1995 |
| 40% | 54% | The Resurrected | Director | - | 1992 |
| 82% | 79% | Total Recall | Screenwriter | $117.8M | 1990 |
| 38% | 34% | Invaders From Mars | Writer | $4.8M | 1986 |
| 91% | 79% | The Return of the Living Dead |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1985 |
| 56% | 46% | Lifeforce | Screenwriter | - | 1985 |
| 66% | 67% | Heavy Metal | Writer | $204.7K | 1981 |
| 68% | 59% | Dead and Buried | Screenwriter | - | 1981 |
| 93% | 94% | Alien |
Writer, Screenwriter |
$82.6M | 1979 |
| 74% | 65% | Dark Star |
Pinback (Character), Writer, Film Editing, Production Design |
- | 1974 |