A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Rockne O'Bannon
Steven Rae
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Born:
January 12, 1955
Rockne S. O'Bannon is a television producer and writer. He is the creator of the science fiction movie Alien Nation, television shows seaQuest DSV, The Triangle and Farscape. He is married with one daughter and two sons - all three children adopted from Russia. He resides in California, USA. O'Bannon grew up in a home influenced by the film industry. The son of a gaffer, he was surrounded by film from his birth. His father worked on various films through Warner Bros. golden age, and his mother was a professional dancer who performed with Fred Astaire. He started writing in high school, and wrote many spec scripts (works written "on speculation", without a verbal or written contract), and eventually submitted them to NBC's Amazing Stories and CBS's The Twilight Zone (1985). CBS bought one of them, and after a second script sale for The Twilight Zone, he was hired on as a staff writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rockne S. O'Bannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Characters:
1989 Alien Nation
1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul
1996 Alien Nation: Millennium
1996 Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
???? Alien Nation
Director:
1989 Alien Nation
1990 Fear
1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul
1995 Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1996 Alien Nation: Millennium
1996 Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
???? Alien Nation
Producer:
1989 Alien Nation
1990 Fear
1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul
1995 Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1996 Alien Nation: Millennium
1996 Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
???? Alien Nation
Screenplay:
1988 Alien Nation
1989 Alien Nation
1990 Fear
1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul
1995 Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1996 Alien Nation: Millennium
1996 Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
???? Alien Nation
Teleplay:
1988 Alien Nation
1989 Alien Nation
1990 Fear
1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul
1995 Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1996 Alien Nation: Millennium
1996 Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
1999 Fatal Error
???? Alien Nation
Writer:
1988 Alien Nation
1989 Alien Nation
1990 Fear
1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul
1995 Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare
1996 Alien Nation: Millennium
1996 Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy
1999 Fatal Error
???? Alien Nation
Creator:
1989 Alien Nation
1993 seaQuest DSV
1999 Farscape
2013 Cult
2013 Defiance
Executive Producer:
1989 Alien Nation
1993 seaQuest DSV
1999 Farscape
2005 The Triangle
2012 Revolution
2013 Cult
2013 Defiance
2019 Evil
Producer:
1989 Alien Nation
1993 seaQuest DSV
1998 Creature
1999 Farscape
2005 The Triangle
2012 Revolution
2013 Cult
2013 Defiance
2019 Evil
Story:
1989 Alien Nation
1993 seaQuest DSV
1998 Creature
1999 Farscape
2005 The Triangle
2012 Revolution
2013 Cult
2013 Defiance
2019 Evil
Story Editor:
1985 The Twilight Zone
1989 Alien Nation
1993 seaQuest DSV
1998 Creature
1999 Farscape
2005 The Triangle
2012 Revolution
2013 Cult
2013 Defiance
2019 Evil
Teleplay:
1985 The Twilight Zone
1989 Alien Nation
1993 seaQuest DSV
1998 Creature
1999 Farscape
2005 The Triangle
2012 Revolution
2013 Cult
2013 Defiance
2019 Evil
Writer:
1985 Amazing Stories
1985 The Twilight Zone
1989 Alien Nation
1993 seaQuest DSV
1997 Invasion
1998 Creature
1999 Farscape
2005 The Triangle
2009 V
2012 Revolution
2013 Cult
2013 Defiance
2014 Constantine
2019 Evil
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