Dan O'Bannon
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O'Bannon in 2008.
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| Born |
Daniel Thomas O'Bannon September 30, 1946 St. Louis, Missouri, US |
| Died | December 17, 2009 (aged 63) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, director, actor |
| Spouse(s) | Diane Louise Lindley (1986–2009) |
Daniel Thomas "Dan" O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director, visual effects supervisor, and occasional actor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres.
O'Bannon is best known for having written the screenplay for Alien, adapted from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett. He also contributed computer animation to Star Wars, worked on cult classics such as Dark Star, Heavy Metal and Total Recall, and both wrote and directed the horror comedy The Return of the Living Dead.
O'Bannon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Bertha (née Lowenthal) and Thomas Sidney O'Bannon, a carpenter. He attended the art school of Washington University in St. Louis, where he did stand-up comedy routines, did make-up for campus theater productions, and provided illustrations for Student Life, the student newspaper. While there he roomed with future movie producer Michael Shamberg. O'Bannon moved home briefly after Washington University and attended Florissant Valley Junior College where he wrote and directed a short science fiction satire titled "The Attack of the 50-foot Chicken." He then attended the University of Southern California (USC) film school, where he met John Carpenter and collaborated with him on the science fiction student film Dark Star (1974).
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