30.09.1946 - 17.12.2009 (63 gadi)
Daniel Thomas O'Bannon (September 30, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American film screenwriter, director, visual effects supervisor, and occasional actor, usually in the science fiction and horror genres.O'Bannon is best known for having written the screenplay for Alien, adapted from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett, and writing and directing the horror comedy The Return of the Living Dead. He also contributed computer animation to Star Wars and worked on cult classics such as Dark Star, Heavy Metal, and Total Recall.