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Director and Screenwriter Daniel O’bannon Dead
Acclaimed screenwriter, director, and occasional actor, Daniel O’Bannon, died this Thursday. He was 63.
Daniel O’Bannon, famed screenwriter, director, and special effects artist, died this Thursday. O’Bannon, 63, was best known for writing famed horror/science-fiction film, Alien, and co-writing other hits such as Blue Thunder and Total Recall.
With a career spanning more than three decades, O’Bannon was one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed science-fiction writer and director. His career began in 1974, after working on the low-budget sci-fi film Dark Star, alongside director John Carpenter. O’Bannon’s early work showed promise, as Roger Ebert gave Dark Star three stars, calling it “one of the damnedest science-fiction movies I’ve ever seen.”
O’Bannon later went on to write the script for Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi classic.
O’Bannon died December 17 at St. John’s Hospital, in Santa Monica, California, after succumbing to a decades-long battle with Chron’s disease. He is survived by his son, Adam.
