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FILM DIRECTOR

Dan O'Bannon

1946 - 2009

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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

Among film directors, Dan O'Bannon ranks 658 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Dan O'Bannon ranks 279Before 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 158Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dan O'Bannon ranks 4,337 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Dan O'Bannon ranks 166Before 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).

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