Person
Pat O'Neill
Directing · Born 1939-01-01 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Pat O'Neill is an American independent experimental filmmaker and artist who has also worked in the special effects industry. Although his work embraces an extremely wide technical and aesthetic scope, he is perhaps best known for his startling, surrealistic, and humorous film compositions achieved through a mastery of the optical printer. His films and other artworks often reveal a complex and mysterious interest in the connections and clashes between the natural world and human civilization. O'Neill has also produced a prodigious body of work in drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, and many other media.
Known for
Seven Second Love Affair
Additional Photography
The Groove Tube
Animation
Bustin' Down the Door
Self
Coming Down
Director
The Decay of Fiction
Director
Saugus Series
Director
Berlin 1990
Director
Messages
Narration
Coreopsis
Director
Down Wind
Director
Filmography
- 2026SkiesDirector
- 2024Preen SceneDirector
- 2021Messages 5Himself (voice)
- 2021Messages 4Himself (voice)
- 2021Messages 3Narrator
- 2021Messages 2Narrator
- 2020MessagesNarration
- 2019"An Extra Wander: For Chick..."Director
- 2017Pharmaceutical AbstractionsDirector
- 2016Berlin 1990Director
- 2016BAMPFA 2016Director
- 2016Western Gray SquirrelDirector
- 2015Where the Chocolate MountainsDirector
- 2013No Wonder / Two SkinsDirector
- 2012Ojo CalienteDirector
- 2011Painter and Ball 4-14Director
- 2009Starting to Go BadDirector
- 2009I Open the WindowDirector
- 2009I Put Out My HandsDirector
- 200913 track 13 #3Director
- 20095 track 5 xferDirector
- 2008Bustin' Down the DoorSelf
- 2008Horizontal BoundariesDirector
- 2008Ambassador TeardownDirector
- 2008Pittsburgh PianoDirector
- 2002The Decay of FictionDirector
- 1998Squirtgun / Step PrintDirector
- 1998CoreopsisDirector
- 1996Trouble in the ImageDirector
- 1993Abstract CinemaHimself
- 1989Water and PowerDirector
- 1979Two SweepsDirector
- 1978Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
- 1978ForegroundsDirector
- 1978Let's Make a SandwichDirector
- 1976Sidewinder's DeltaDirector
- 1976Moving Targets
- 1975Harvest: 3,000 YearsVisual Effects
- 1975The Big ConWriter
- 1974The Groove TubeAnimation
- 1974Saugus SeriesDirector
- 1973Down WindDirector
- 1972The Last of the PersimmonsDirector
- 1972EasyoutDirector
- 1972Pat O'Neillhimself
- 1971Runs GoodDirector
- 1969ScreenDirector
- 1968Coming DownDirector
- 1968Sears SoxDirector
- 19677362Director
- 1965Seven Second Love AffairAdditional Photography
- 1964Bump CityDirector
- 1963By the SeaDirector
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