Dan O'Bannon

Writer and director. Born 30 September 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Died 17 December 2009.

Titles on Fi1m1 acting · 1 directing · 11 writing

Average Fi1m scoreas writer · 11 titles

Born

30 September 1946, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

17 December 2009

Active

1974–2025

Frequently works with

Don Jakoby, Gordon Carroll

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

72Fi1m

68Critics

We rate Dan’s work 4 points above the press, across 11 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above3

60 to 797

Under 601

Of 11 reviewed titles as writer.

In numbers

Reviewed: 10 films, 1 series
Screen time: 19 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $1.9bn across 10 films with figures
Active: 1974–2025

Genres

Science Fiction9
Horror7
Action6
Drama2
Mystery2
Thriller2

Best and worst on Fi1m

92BestAlien1979

57WorstAlien: Covenant2017

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

21960s

31970s

81980s

71990s

32000s

112010s

32020s

Producers most worked with

Gordon Carroll2 titles

Awards

Other awards3 won

Won1987Hugo Awards: Best Dramatic Presentation · Aliens
Won1985Inkpot Award: Inkpot Award
Won1980Hugo Awards: Best Dramatic Presentation · Alien

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.