1946 - 2009
Daniel Thomas O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director and visual effects supervisor, usually in 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan O'Bannon has received more than 1,146,284 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan O'Bannon is the 658th most popular film director (up from 720th in 2019), the 4,337th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,671st in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Dan O'Bannon ranks 658 out of 1,581. Before him are John Alcott, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Uli Edel, Ronald Neame, João César Monteiro, and Bryan Singer. After him are Riccardo Freda, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Franco Rossi, Renato Castellani, Raoul Coutard, and Jack Clayton.
1930 - 1986
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 652
1927 - 2007
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 653
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 654
1911 - 2010
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 655
1939 - 2003
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 656
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 657
1946 - 2009
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 658
1909 - 1999
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 659
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 660
1919 - 2000
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 661
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 662
1924 - 2016
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 663
1921 - 1995
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 664
Among people born in 1946, Dan O'Bannon ranks 279. Before him are Zülfü Livaneli, Zhang Dejiang, Michael Green, Dick van Dijk, George Duke, and Paul Davies. After him are Johnson Toribiong, John Spencer, Moritz Leuenberger, Carl Wilson, Robert Metcalfe, and Davorin Popović. Among people deceased in 2009, Dan O'Bannon ranks 158. Before him are Hildegard Behrens, Karl Koller, Yoshito Usui, Hong Song-nam, Chuck Daly, and Ekaterina Maximova. After him are Veronika Dudarova, Tullio Pinelli, Adolf Merckle, Mike Bongiorno, Dom DeLuise, and Knut Haugland.
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 273
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 274
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 275
1946 - 1997
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 276
1946 - 2013
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 277
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 278
1946 - 2009
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 279
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 280
1946 - 2005
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 281
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 282
1946 - 1998
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 283
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 284
1946 - 2001
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 285
1937 - 2009
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 152
1929 - 2009
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 153
1958 - 2009
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 154
1929 - 2009
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 155
1930 - 2009
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 156
1939 - 2009
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 157
1946 - 2009
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 158
1916 - 2009
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 159
1908 - 2009
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 160
1934 - 2009
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 161
1924 - 2009
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 162
1933 - 2009
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 163
1917 - 2009
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 164
Among people born in United States, Dan O'Bannon ranks 4,337 out of 18,182. Before him are Sylvester (1947), Sienna Miller (1981), Tommy Flanagan (1930), Charley Patton (1891), Bryan Singer (1965), and Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945). After him are Sam J. Jones (1954), Joe Morton (1947), Dick Miller (1928), Haskell Curry (1900), Mike Porcaro (1955), and Julie Adams (1926).
1947 - 1988
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 4,331
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 4,332
1930 - 2001
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 4,333
1891 - 1934
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 4,334
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 4,335
1945 - 2022
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 4,336
1946 - 2009
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 4,337
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 4,338
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 4,339
1928 - 2019
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 4,340
1900 - 1982
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 4,341
1955 - 2015
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 4,342
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 4,343
Among film directors born in United States, Dan O'Bannon ranks 166. Before him are Kevin Smith (1970), Todd Phillips (1970), Frances Marion (1888), Andrew Blake (1947), Nancy Meyers (1949), and Bryan Singer (1965). After him are Ryan Murphy (1965), Burt Kennedy (1922), W. S. Van Dyke (1889), David Zucker (1947), Henry Selick (1952), and Fred Niblo (1874).
1970 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 160
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 161
1888 - 1973
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 162
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 163
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 164
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 165
1946 - 2009
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 166
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 167
1922 - 2001
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 168
1889 - 1943
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 169
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 170
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 171
1874 - 1948
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 172