Pat O'Neill

Pat O'Neill

Profile info

Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 January 1939 (87 years old)
Place of birthLos Angeles, California, USA
Known credits53

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…

Skies
2026 · Director
Preen Scene
Preen Scene
2024 · Director
Messages 5
Messages 5
2021 · Himself (voice)
Messages 5
Messages 5
2021 · Director
Messages 4
Messages 4
2021 · Himself (voice)
Messages 4
Messages 4
2021 · Director
Messages 3
Messages 3
2021 · Narrator
Messages 3
Messages 3
2021 · Director
Messages 2
Messages 2
2021 · Narrator
Messages 2
Messages 2
2021 · Director
Messages
Messages
2020 · Narration
Messages
Messages
2020 · Director
"An Extra Wander: For Chick..."
"An Extra Wander: For Chick..."
2019 · Director
Pharmaceutical Abstractions
Pharmaceutical Abstractions
2017 · Director
Berlin 1990
Berlin 1990
2016 · Director
BAMPFA 2016
BAMPFA 2016
2016 · Director
Western Gray Squirrel
Western Gray Squirrel
2016 · Director
Where the Chocolate Mountains
Where the Chocolate Mountains
2015 · Director
No Wonder / Two Skins
No Wonder / Two Skins
2013 · Director
Ojo Caliente
2012 · Director
Painter and Ball 4-14
2011 · Director
Starting to Go Bad
Starting to Go Bad
2009 · Director
I Open the Window
I Open the Window
2009 · Director
I Put Out My Hands
I Put Out My Hands
2009 · Director
13 track 13 #3
13 track 13 #3
2009 · Director
5 track 5 xfer
5 track 5 xfer
2009 · Director
Bustin' Down the Door
Bustin' Down the Door
2008 · Self
Horizontal Boundaries
Horizontal Boundaries
2008 · Director
Ambassador Teardown
Ambassador Teardown
2008 · Director
Pittsburgh Piano
Pittsburgh Piano
2008 · Director
The Decay of Fiction
The Decay of Fiction
2002 · Director
Squirtgun / Step Print
1998 · Director
Coreopsis
Coreopsis
1998 · Director
Trouble in the Image
Trouble in the Image
1996 · Director
Abstract Cinema
Abstract Cinema
1993 · Himself
Water and Power
Water and Power
1989 · Director
Water and Power
Water and Power
1989 · Cinematography
Water and Power
Water and Power
1989 · Editor
Water and Power
Water and Power
1989 · Producer
Two Sweeps
Two Sweeps
1979 · Director
Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
1978
Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie)
1978 · Director
Foregrounds
Foregrounds
1978 · Director
Let's Make a Sandwich
Let's Make a Sandwich
1978 · Director
Sidewinder's Delta
Sidewinder's Delta
1976 · Director
Moving Targets
1976
Harvest: 3,000 Years
Harvest: 3,000 Years
1975 · Visual Effects
The Big Con
The Big Con
1975 · Writer
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