Dan O'Bannon

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American person actor film director film editor human screenwriter

Dan O'Bannon was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his influential work in science fiction and horror cinema, including co-writing the classic film "Alien."

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Label	Occurrences
Dan O'Bannon canonical	24
Dan O’Bannon	15
Dan O'Bannon (feature writing and acting)	1
Daniel O'Bannon	1
Daniel Thomas O'Bannon	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4355992 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dan O'Bannon
Context triple: [Alien (1979 film), screenwriter, Dan O'Bannon]

A. Jon Spaihts
Jon Spaihts is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on major science fiction and blockbuster films such as "Prometheus," "Doctor Strange," and "Dune."
B. Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
C. Jack Arnold
Jack Arnold is an American television and film director best known for his work on classic science fiction movies of the 1950s and popular TV series.
D. Michael C. Gross
Michael C. Gross was an American film producer and art director best known for his work on the Ghostbusters franchise and other popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
E. John Boyd-Carpenter
John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dan O'Bannon
Target entity description: Dan O'Bannon was an American screenwriter and filmmaker best known for his influential work in science fiction and horror cinema, including co-writing the classic film "Alien."

A. Jon Spaihts
Jon Spaihts is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on major science fiction and blockbuster films such as "Prometheus," "Doctor Strange," and "Dune."
B. Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
C. Jack Arnold
Jack Arnold is an American television and film director best known for his work on classic science fiction movies of the 1950s and popular TV series.
D. Michael C. Gross
Michael C. Gross was an American film producer and art director best known for his work on the Ghostbusters franchise and other popular comedies of the 1980s and early 1990s.
E. John Boyd-Carpenter
John Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative politician and government minister who held several senior posts in the mid-20th century, including key roles in economic and social policy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American person ⓘ actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film editor ⓘ human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
actedIn	Dark Star ⓘ
burialPlace	Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, California
causeOfDeath	Crohn's disease ⓘ
collaboratedWith	H. R. Giger ⓘ John Carpenter ⓘ Ronald Shusett ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1946-09-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2009-12-17 ⓘ
directed	Return of the Living Dead ⓘ linked to: The Return of the Living Dead
edited	Dark Star ⓘ
education	University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts ⓘ linked to: USC School of Cinematic Arts
familyName	O'Bannon ⓘ
fullName	Daniel Thomas O'Bannon ⓘ linked to: Dan O'Bannon
genre	horror ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
givenName	Daniel ⓘ
influencedGenre	horror cinema ⓘ science fiction cinema ⓘ
knownFor	blending horror and science fiction elements ⓘ co-writing the film Alien ⓘ
notableWork	Alien ⓘ linked to: Alien (1979 film) Dark Star ⓘ Invaders from Mars ⓘ linked to: Invaders from Mars (1953 film) Lifeforce ⓘ linked to: Lifeforce (1985 film) Return of the Living Dead ⓘ linked to: The Return of the Living Dead Screamers ⓘ Total Recall ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ film director ⓘ film editor ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ linked to: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
wroteScreenplayFor	Alien ⓘ linked to: Alien (1979 film) Dark Star ⓘ Invaders from Mars ⓘ linked to: Invaders from Mars (1953 film) Lifeforce ⓘ linked to: Lifeforce (1985 film) Return of the Living Dead ⓘ linked to: The Return of the Living Dead Screamers ⓘ Total Recall ⓘ

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Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alien (1979 film) → screenwriter → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Alien (1979 film) → storyBy → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Total Recall → screenwriter → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Blue Thunder → screenwriter → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Blue Thunder → storyBy → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Alien vs. Predator → screenwriter → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Brandywine Productions → associatedWith → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Alejandro Jodorowsky → collaboratedWith → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Ash → createdBy → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Alien franchise → creator → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Ellen Ripley → creator → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Xenomorph → creator → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Lifeforce → screenwriter → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

subject linked to: Lifeforce (1985 film)

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Invaders from Mars (1986 film) → screenwriter → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Dan O'Bannon → fullName → Daniel Thomas O'Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Star Beast (story) → author → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Star Beast (story) → creator → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Brett → createdBy → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Kane → screenWriterCreator → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Ronald Shusett → coWriterWith → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Ronald Shusett → notableCollaboration → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Douglas Quaid → filmWriterOfWork → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Dark Star (1974 film) → coWriter → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Dark Star (1974 film) → editor → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Dark Star (1974 film) → castMember → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Dark Star (1974 film) → screenDebutOf → Dan O'Bannon (feature writing and acting) ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Dark Star (1974 film) → screenwriter → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Dallas → createdBy → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Richter (Total Recall) → createdBy → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

subject linked to: Richter in Total Recall

Screamers → screenwriter → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Manslaughter → featuresCharacter → Daniel O'Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

James Karen → workedWith → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Captain Dallas → createdBy → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

subject linked to: Captain Dallas in Alien

USCSS Nostromo → screenwriterOfFirstAppearance → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

The Return of the Living Dead → director → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

The Return of the Living Dead → writer → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

The Return of the Living Dead → screenwriter → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

Spider (The Return of the Living Dead) → createdBy → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

subject linked to: Spider in The Return of the Living Dead

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Jonesy → creator → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

subject linked to: cat Jonesy

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Heavy Metal → screenwriter → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

subject linked to: Heavy Metal (1981 film, voice)

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Facehugger → createdBy → Dan O’Bannon ⓘ

linked to: Dan O'Bannon

Chestburster → creator → Dan O'Bannon ⓘ

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