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).

Filmography

• Alien: Earth — Other
• 2024Alien: Romulus — Characters
• 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault — (archive footage)
• 2019Alien: Alone — Characters
• 2019Alien: Containment — Characters
• 2019Alien: Harvest — Characters
• Alien: Isolation - The Digital Series — Characters
• 2019Alien: Night Shift — Characters
• 2019Alien: Ore — Characters
• 2019Alien: Specimen — Characters
• 2017Alien: Covenant — Characters
• 2014Shock Value: The Movie — How Dan O’Bannon and Some USC Outsiders Helped Invent Modern Horror — Writer
• 2012Prometheus — Characters
• 2012Total Recall — Screenstory
• 2007Aliens vs Predator: Requiem — Characters
• 2004AVP: Alien vs. Predator — Characters, Screenstory
• 2003Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear
• 1997Alien Resurrection — Characters
• 1997Area 51: The Alien Interview — Alien Interviewer
• 1997Bleeders — Writer
• 1995Screamers — Screenplay
• 1992Alien³ — Characters
• 1991The Resurrected — Director
• 1990Total Recall — Screenplay, Screenstory
• 1986Aliens — Characters
• 1986Invaders from Mars — Screenplay
• 1985Lifeforce — Screenplay
• 1985The Return of the Living Dead — Director, Screenplay
• Blue Thunder — Writer, Story
• 1983Blue Thunder — Screenplay
• 1981Dead & Buried — Screenplay
• 1981Heavy Metal — Original Story
• 1979Alien — Story, Screenplay, Other
• 1974Dark Star — Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge, Special Effects, Screenplay, Editor, Production Design, Original Story
• 1971Judson's Release — Breather
• 1969Blood Bath — Director, Writer
• 1968Good Morning, Dan — Writer, Editor, Director
• The AckerMonster Chronicles!
• Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel — Characters

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 — Self
• 2013Jodorowsky's Dune — Self - V/FX Artist (voice) (archive footage)
• 2011More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead — Himself
• 2010Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star — Himself (Archival Footage)
• 2007Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures — Self
• 2007Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 — Self
• 2007Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 — Self
• 2006Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' — Self
• 2003The Beast Within: Making Alien — Self
• 2002Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead — Self
• 2002The Alien Saga — Self
• 1999The Alien Legacy — Self
• 1986Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors — Self