Dan O'Bannon

American film director, screenwriter, actor (1946-2009).

Born September 30th, 1946 in St. Louis.

Died December 17th, 2009 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (Crohn's disease). [ref]

Occupations
actor, documentary participant, film actor, film director, film editor, science fiction writer, screenwriter
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