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).
Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear
Dark Star
(Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge)
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
(Himself)
In Search of Moebius
(Himself)
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures
(Self)
Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder'
(Self)
Area 51: The Alien Interview
(Alien Interviewer)
The Alien Saga
(Self)
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
(Self)
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
(Self)
Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star
(Himself (Archival Footage))
The Beast Within: Making Alien
(Self)
AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1
(Self)
The Alien Legacy
(Self)
Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead
(Self)
Good Morning, Dan
Judson's Release
(Breather)
Memory: The Origins of Alien
(Self (archival footage))
Jodorowsky's Dune
(Self (voice) (archive footage))
Dark Star
(Special Effects)
Dark Star
(Editor)
Dark Star
(Screenplay)
Total Recall
(Screenplay)
The Return of the Living Dead
(Screenplay)
The Return of the Living Dead
(Director)
The Resurrected
(Director)
Dead & Buried
(Screenplay)
Invaders from Mars
(Screenplay)
Alien: Specimen
(Characters)
Alien: Night Shift
(Characters)
Alien: Containment
(Characters)
Lifeforce
(Screenplay)
Alien: Alone
(Characters)
Alien: Harvest
(Characters)
Screamers
(Screenplay)
Blue Thunder
(Screenplay)
Total Recall
(Screenstory)
Bleeders
(Writer)
Dark Star
(Production Design)
Shock Value: The Movie — How Dan O’Bannon and Some USC Outsiders Helped Invent Modern Horror
(Writer)
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
(Characters)
Alien: Romulus
(Characters)
Alien: Covenant
(Characters)
Alien
(Story)
Alien
(Screenplay)
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
(Characters)
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
(Screenstory)
Alien: Monday
(Characters)
Total Recall
(Screenstory)
Alien Resurrection
(Characters)
Aliens
(Characters)
Prometheus
(Characters)
Alien³
(Characters)
Alien: Ore
(Characters)
Good Morning, Dan
(Writer)
Blood Bath
(Writer)
Good Morning, Dan
(Director)
Good Morning, Dan
(Editor)
Blood Bath
(Director)
Heavy Metal
(Original Story)
Heavy Metal
(Story)
Dark Star
(Original Story)
Blue Thunder
(Writer)
Alien: Isolation – The Digital Series
(Characters)