About

Known credits:
24
Birthday:
1955-01-12
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Website:
N/A

Rockne S. O'Bannon

Overview

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.

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Known for

Directing
1995 Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare Directing Director 58
Average
1990 Fear Directing Director 59
Average

Writing
2005 The Triangle Writing Teleplay 64
Fair
2004 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1999 Fatal Error Writing Teleplay 58
Average
1998 Creature Writing Teleplay 58
Average
1998 Peter Benchley’s Creature Writing Teleplay N/A
N/A
1997 Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy Writing Characters 58
Average
1997 Invasion Writing Writer 66
Fair
1996 Alien Nation: The Enemy Within Writing Characters 58
Average
1996 Alien Nation: Millennium Writing Characters 58
Average
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul Writing Characters 58
Average
1995 Alien Nation: Body and Soul Writing Writer 58
Average
1995 Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare Writing Teleplay 58
Average
1994 Alien Nation: Dark Horizon Writing Characters 58
Average
1990 Fear Writing Writer 59
Average
1989 Alien Nation Writing Characters 58
Average
1988 Alien Nation Writing Screenplay 59
Average
Alien Nation Writing Characters N/A
N/A

Production
2012 Revolution Production Executive Producer 64
Fair
2005 The Triangle Production Executive Producer 64
Fair
1999 Farscape Production Producer 77
Good
1998 Creature Production Producer 58
Average
1990 Fear Production Producer 59
Average