Dan O'Bannon - 1970s

1970s

O'Bannon attended USC Film School and lived near the Los Angeles Campus in an old two-story house affectionately called the "Menlo Manor" which he shared with other USC students (Don Jakoby, who collaborated on several screenplays with Dan including "Blue Thunder"; and Jeffrey J. Lee, who became a well-known artist in Europe). Part of his student film "Dark Star" was filmed there. He spent many late nights in old Hollywood editing his and other student films. His wish was to become a director.