
Dan O'Bannon
São Tomé and Príncipescreenwriter•film director•visual effects supervisor
Also known as: Daniel Thomas O'Bannon
生日
September 30, 1946
星座
Libra
出生地
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
年龄
63岁去世
简介
丹·欧班农是一位美国编剧、导演和视觉特效总监,他重塑了科幻和恐怖电影。他最著名的是联合编剧了《异形》(1979年),这部电影将科幻与恐怖融合,创造了全新的事物,至今仍是该类型的标杆。欧班农还编剧并执导了《生人勿近》(1985年),这是一部具有朋克摇滚风格的邪典经典,重新演绎了僵尸传说。他的职业生涯包括为《星球大战》贡献力量,以及联合编剧了热门电影《全面回忆》(1990年)。在大约20部作品中,欧班农以其巧妙、颠覆性的叙事风格赢得了声誉,使他与众不同。尽管他于2009年12月17日去世,但他的影响力依然存在,粉丝们至今仍在流行文化的黑暗角落里欣赏他独特的视野。
早年生活与背景
丹尼尔·托马斯·欧班农于1946年9月30日出生在美国密苏里州圣路易斯。他在圣路易斯长大,他的父亲托马斯·西德尼·欧班农是一名木匠。这个家庭在密苏里州维诺纳小镇的当地人中以其古怪的性格而闻名。欧班农从小就对科幻和恐怖产生了如饥似渴的兴趣,这些类型深刻地影响并最终定义了他开创性的职业生涯。在他就读于圣路易斯华盛顿大学期间,他早期创作的倾向就显而易见了。他表演过单口喜剧,为校园戏剧制作化过妆,并为学生报纸贡献过插图。正是在华盛顿大学,他与后来成为著名制片人的迈克尔·沙姆伯格同住一室。
在华盛顿大学学习两年后,欧班农转入伊利诺伊州的麦克默里学院学习心理学。随后,他的学术道路 dẫn 他进入弗洛里桑特谷初级学院,在那里他通过创作并执导了他已知的第一部电影——一部名为《50英尺高的鸡的袭击》的短篇科幻讽刺片——迈出了迈向未来职业生涯的重要一步。最终,欧班农专注于他的学业,于1970年获得了南加州大学(USC)电影艺术学士学位。在南加州大学期间,他无数个深夜投入到学生电影的细致剪辑中,这是磨练他技术技能和叙事视野的关键时期。正是在南加州大学,他遇到了同学约翰·卡彭特,这次合作很快就产生了他们第一个重要的项目。他们两人最初创作了一个45分钟的短片,随后将其扩展成了一部完整的电影《黑暗之星》,该片于1974年上映。这部低成本太空喜剧,仅花费6万美元制作,不仅展示了欧班农独特的黑色幽默,还展现了他卓越的DIY资源利用能力。在《黑暗之星》中,欧班农承担了令人印象深刻的多项职责,除了在电影中饰演宾巴克一角外,他还担任联合编剧、剪辑、美术指导和特效总监。
职业发展
《黑暗之星》于1975年获得金卷轴奖最佳特效奖,让欧班农声名鹊起。1977年,他作为电脑动画师参与了《星球大战》的制作,为该片的开创性视觉效果做出了贡献。随后,他花时间在欧洲为亚历桑德罗·佐杜洛夫斯基未能完成的《沙丘》改编项目监督特效,这是一个传奇但最终失败的项目,但对他后来的作品产生了影响。1979年,《异形》上映。欧班农根据他与罗纳德·舒塞特共同构思的故事编写了剧本,该片获得了奥斯卡最佳视觉效果奖和多个土星奖。之后,他拍摄了《死亡与埋葬》(1981年)和动画选集《重金属》(1981年)中的几个片段。1983年,他与唐·雅各比共同创作了《蓝雷霆》。两年后,他执导了他的导演处女作《生人勿近》,他还亲自编剧了该片;这部电影成为了一部邪典经典,并催生了数部续集。他联合编剧了《生命力》(1985年)和《火星人玩转地球》(1986年)。1990年,由他与舒塞特根据菲利普·K·迪克的故事共同编剧的《全面回忆》,成为了一部主要的票房成功之作。欧班农执导了《复活者》(1992年)并编剧了《尖叫者》(1995年)。在他生命的晚年,他广泛出现在关于他电影的DVD纪录片中。
职业生涯年表
公众形象与风格
名气与粉丝圈 (iFAMOUS Rankings)
Dan O'Bannon's global attention is modest but enduring, rooted in his cult status among genre film enthusiasts. He does not currently hold a placement in iFANN's published rankings, including the Global Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list, as of August 2026. His fame is niche, sustained by the devoted followings of Alien, The Return of the Living Dead, and his other cult works, rather than broad mainstream recognition.
His fanbase has no formal name, but it is a passionate, overlapping community of sci-fi and horror aficionados, Alien franchise devotees, and zombie movie buffs. They gather in forums like Reddit's r/LV426 and celebrate his work through annual Halloween screenings of The Return of the Living Dead. Retrospectives and fan scholarship keep his legacy alive, underscoring his role as an underappreciated visionary.
趣闻与传奇
O'Bannon's short film The Attack of the 50-foot Chicken was a sci-fi satire made during his time at Florissant Valley Junior College. He roomed with future producer Michael Shamberg at Washington University. In Dark Star, he played Pinback, famous for the talking bomb sequence. He was attached to supervise effects on Jodorowsky's failed Dune, a legendary never-made film. His Alien was originally titled Star Beast. He contributed computer animation to Star Wars, one of the earliest uses of CGI in a major feature. He frequently collaborated with Ronald Shusett and Don Jakoby, and was a member of both the Writers Guild of America-West and the Directors Guild of America. His film The Resurrected adapts H.P. Lovecraft's The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.
A story fans still retell is the production of Dark Star, where the alien was a painted beachball due to budget constraints, John Carpenter himself confirmed it, calling it 'gloriously shonky.' Another legend is the origin of Alien: O'Bannon's concept of space truckers encountering a hostile organism on a derelict ship, which became a franchise cornerstone. His candid interviews, where he discussed frustrations with Alien's direction, have become part of his fan mythology.
著名语录
“Some writers can write the same thing over and over again and remain happy with that. However, I only enjoy doing something that I have not done before. If I've done it well, I don't want to do it anymore.”
“I never wanted to be a director. I just wanted to write. But nobody would let me direct my own scripts, so I had to become a director.”
“The thing about horror is that it's the most fun you can have while being scared.”
“Alien was a very simple idea: a haunted house in space. But it took years to get it right.”
“I've always been drawn to the weird and the strange. That's where the interesting stories are.”
家庭与个人生活
重要关系
恋情与交往史
丹·奥班农只结过一次婚。他于1986年1月18日与Diane Louise Lindley结婚。他们育有一子Adam。奥班农一直与Diane结婚,直到他因克罗恩病于2009年12月17日去世。没有其他公开的恋爱关系在可靠来源中有记载。在他去世时,他仍然在婚姻中。
- 已婚Diane Louise Lindley1986 - 2009现任1986年1月18日结婚;育有一子Adam;婚姻持续至奥班农去世。
逝世与身后事
逝世
December 17, 2009 (享年63岁)
逝世地点
未知
死因
未知
Daniel Thomas O'Bannon passed away on December 17, 2009, at the age of sixty-three, leaving behind a legacy that had already reshaped science fiction and horror cinema. While he resided in California during his later career, specific details regarding the location of his passing or the official medical cause remain undisclosed by his family and were not detailed in available records. The film community responded with immediate reverence, highlighted by an obituary in The Guardian published the following day which described him as an unassuming, multitalented filmmaker and the brain behind Alien.
Tributes continued to flow from peers and institutions over the years, including retrospective pieces in publications like Psychotronic Review that celebrated his unique contribution to genre storytelling. Posthumous attention focused on the management of his creative estate, which saw footage screened for a Return of the Living Dead reboot project in 2026 alongside continued analysis of his foundational scripts. His status as a pivotal figure in sci-fi horror remains affirmed by critics and filmmakers who recognize his subversive storytelling as a benchmark for the industry.
身价(遗产价值)
$10 Million
iFANN编辑团队估算
iFANN currently estimates Dan O'Bannon's net worth at $10 Million as of 2026. This figure is based on his career earnings as a screenwriter and director, including fees for Alien, Total Recall, Blue Thunder, and Lifeforce, as well as directing fees for The Return of the Living Dead and The Resurrected. His estate also benefits from residuals, particularly from the enduring Alien franchise, and ongoing revenue from home video, streaming, merchandise, and licensing. No specific figures are publicly available, but this editorial estimate reflects his lasting financial legacy.
获奖 (1)
丹·欧班农凭借《黑暗侵袭》(Dark Star, 1974)获得了1975年的金卷轴奖(后更名为土星奖)最佳特效奖。虽然他在《异形》(Alien)中的工作促成了该片获得奥斯卡最佳视觉效果奖,但该奖项颁给了视觉效果团队,而非欧班农个人。他生前未获得其他主要行业奖项。
1975 · 最佳特效
Dark Star
代表作
Alien
1979 · 编剧
The Return of the Living Dead
1985 · Director and Screenwriter
Total Recall
1990 · Co-screenwriter
Dark Star
1974 · Co-writer, actor, effects
Blue Thunder
1983 · Co-screenwriter
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- 职业
- screenwriter, film director, visual effects supervisor
- 出生
- September 30, 1946
- 出生地
- St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
- 逝世
- December 17, 2009
- 逝世地点
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- 性别
- 男
- 星座
- Libra
个人资料
- 全名
- Daniel Thomas O'Bannon
- 配偶
- Diane Louise Lindley
- 子女
- 1 son (Adam)
- 教育
- B.F.A. in film from the University of Southern California (1970)
影视作品
20
总计
18
电影
2
电视
常见问题
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丹·奥班农写了《异形》吗?
丹·欧班农执导过哪些电影?
丹·欧班农结婚了吗?
丹·欧班农的身价是多少?
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