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    Daniel Thomas O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director and visual effects supervisor, most closely...
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  • Alien (film) (category Films with screenplays by Dan O'Bannon)
    fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O'Bannon, based on a story by O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. It follows a spaceship crew who investigate...
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  • script for the 1979 film Alien was initially drafted by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. Dan O'Bannon drafted an opening in which the crew of a mining ship...
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  • Dark Star (film) (category Films with screenplays by Dan O'Bannon)
    produced, scored and directed by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O'Bannon. It follows the crew of the deteriorating starship Dark Star, twenty...
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  • several generations are chronicled throughout the franchise. Writer Dan O'Bannon, wanting to write a science-fiction action film, collaborated with screenwriter...
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  • Alien vs. Predator (film) (category Films with screenplays by Dan O'Bannon)
    Anderson wrote the story, with the creators of the Alien franchise, Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett receiving additional story credit due to the incorporation...
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  • in the science fiction and horror film genres. Along with co-writer Dan O'Bannon, he is the creator of Alien film franchise. Shusett was born in Pittsburgh...
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  • written as a male character in the first draft of the screenplay. Writer Dan O'Bannon noted that the genders of the characters were interchangeable, providing...
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  • The Return of the Living Dead (category Films directed by Dan O'Bannon)
    Living Dead is a 1985 American comedy horror film written and directed by Dan O'Bannon (in his directorial debut) from a story by Rudy Ricci, John Russo, and...
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  • Total Recall (1990 film) (category Films with screenplays by Dan O'Bannon)
    film directed by Paul Verhoeven, with a screenplay by Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Gary Goldman. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin...
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