Dan O'Bannon: movies and TV shows
Dan O'Bannon has 68 credits in the archive: 64 films and 4 TV series, from 1968 to 2025. Highest rated: Alien (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1968 – 2025 · busiest year: 2019 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Alien: Earth | TV | 7.3 | 78 | |
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus | Film | 7.2 | 77 | |
| 2020 | AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 | Self | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2020 | The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault | (archive footage) | Film | — | 73 |
| 2019 | Alien: Isolation - The Digital Series | TV | 7.1 | 72 | |
| 2019 | Alien: Containment | Film | 6.1 | 72 | |
| 2019 | Alien: Specimen | Film | 6.2 | 72 | |
| 2019 | Alien: Alone | Film | 6.3 | 72 | |
| 2019 | Alien: Night Shift | Film | 6.0 | 72 | |
| 2019 | Alien: Ore | Film | 6.1 | 72 | |
| 2019 | Alien: Harvest | Film | 6.5 | 72 | |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant | Film | 6.2 | 70 | |
| 2014 | Shock Value: The Movie — How Dan O’Bannon and Some USC Outsiders Helped Invent Modern Horror | Film | — | 67 | |
| 2013 | Jodorowsky's Dune | Self - V/FX Artist (voice) (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 66 |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Film | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2012 | Total Recall | Film | 6.0 | 65 | |
| 2011 | More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead | Himself | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 2010 | Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star | Himself (Archival Footage) | Film | 4.8 | 63 |
| 2007 | Aliens vs Predator: Requiem | Film | 5.2 | 60 | |
| 2007 | Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures | Self | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 2007 | Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 | Self | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2007 | Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2006 | Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien vs. Predator | Film | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 2004 | AVP: Alien vs. Predator | Film | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 2003 | The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self | Film | 8.2 | 56 |
| 2003 | Dan O'Bannon: Crafting Fear | Film | 10.0 | 56 | |
| 2002 | The Alien Saga | Self | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2002 | Return of the Living Dead: Designing the Dead | Self | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1999 | The Alien Legacy | Self | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1997 | Alien Resurrection | Film | 6.2 | 50 | |
| 1997 | Bleeders | Film | 4.5 | 50 | |
| 1997 | Area 51: The Alien Interview | Alien Interviewer | Film | 4.2 | 50 |
| 1995 | Screamers | Film | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 1992 | Alien³ | Film | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1991 | The Resurrected | Film | 6.2 | 44 | |
| 1990 | Total Recall | Film | 7.3 | 43 | |
| 1990 | Total Recall | Film | 7.3 | 43 | |
| 1986 | Aliens | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1986 | Invaders from Mars | Film | 5.6 | 39 | |
| 1986 | Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors | Self | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1985 | The Return of the Living Dead | Film | 7.2 | 38 | |
| 1985 | The Return of the Living Dead | Film | 7.2 | 38 | |
| 1985 | Lifeforce | Film | 6.2 | 38 | |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder | TV | 6.9 | 37 | |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder | TV | 6.9 | 37 | |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | Film | 6.2 | 36 | |
| 1981 | Heavy Metal | Film | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1981 | Heavy Metal | Film | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1981 | Dead & Buried | Film | 6.4 | 34 | |
| 1979 | Alien | Film | 8.2 | 32 | |
| 1979 | Alien | Film | 8.2 | 32 | |
| 1979 | Alien | Film | 8.2 | 32 | |
| 1974 | Dark Star | Sgt. Pinback alias Bill Fruge | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1974 | Dark Star | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1974 | Dark Star | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1974 | Dark Star | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1974 | Dark Star | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1974 | Dark Star | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1971 | Judson's Release | Breather | Film | — | 24 |
| 1969 | Blood Bath | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1969 | Blood Bath | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1968 | Good Morning, Dan | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1968 | Good Morning, Dan | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1968 | Good Morning, Dan | Film | — | 21 | |
| 1968 | Good Morning, Dan | Film | — | 21 | |
| Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel | Film | — | — | ||
| The AckerMonster Chronicles! | Film | 1.0 | — |