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Rockne S. O'Bannon Biography (1955-)

Born January 12, 1955, in Los Angeles, CA; children: one son. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Writer, producer, director

Birth Details

January 12, 1955

Los Angeles, California

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Work
• Series
• Story editor, The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985-1986
• Creator, Alien Nation, Fox, 1989
• Executive producer, SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1993
• Executive producer, Farscape, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999
• Movies
• Producer and director, Fear, Showtime, 1990
• Director, Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare, Fox, 1995
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Alien Nation, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
• Television Miniseries
• Invasion (also known as Robin Cook's Invasion), NBC, 1997
• Creature (also known as Peter Benchley's Creature), ABC, 1998
• Television Movies
• Fear, Showtime, 1990
• SeaQuest DSV, NBC, 1993
• Fatal Error (also known as Reaper), TBS, 1999
• Television Series
• SeaQuest DSV, NBC, beginning 1993.
• Television Episodes
• "Premiere," Farscape, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999
• Author of "Bone to Be Wild" and "Family Ties," both episodes of Farscape, Sci-Fi Channel, and "Life on Death Row," an episode of Amazing Stories, NBC; writer of eight episodes for The Twilight Zone, CBS.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

• Several television movies were based on characters created by O'Bannon, including Alien Nation: Dark Horizon, Fox, 1994; Alien Nation: Bodyand Soul, Fox, 1995; Alien Nation: Millennium, Fox, 1996; AlienNation: The Enemy Within, Fox, 1996; and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy, Fox, 1997.

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Simpson, Paul, and David Hughes, Farscape: The Illustrated Companion, Titan Books, 2000

Periodicals

• Cinescape, March, 2000
• Space, March 7, 2000
• Starlog, July, 1994