Dan O'Bannon
Daniel Thomas O'Bannon
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A St. Louis native who pursued art studies before earning a film degree at USC, O'Bannon began his career collaborating with John Carpenter on the low-budget sci-fi feature Dark Star, where he wrote, acted and edited; the film earned the Golden Scroll for Best Special Effects. After a brief stint on the aborted Jodorowsky Dune project, his hand-animated graphics caught George Lucas's eye, leading…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
